Texas Executes Ker'Sean Olajuwa Ramey for 2005 Triple Killing

A second man condemned in connection with the deaths of three people during a 2005 robbery in Texas was put to death on Wednesday, one week after his co-defendant was executed. Ker'Sean Olajuwa Ramey, 41, received a lethal injection and was declared dead at 6:34 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. In his last statement, Ramey spoke of his faith in God and his commitment to his family, and he thanked other men on Texas' death row for their support. Ramey, who was 21 when convicted in 2007, said he had matured in prison with help from fellow inmates. "I didnt come from a culture in a healthy sense. To you brothers, I cant name everybody, you know who you are, I greatly appreciate you," Ramey said. Court records show Ramey and LeJames Norman entered a neighbor's home in Edna, a small town in Houston, in 2005 with plans to steal cocaine when they encountered people inside. Celso Lopez was in the residence during the break-in and was shot to death. Tiffani Peacock and Sam Roberts arrived afterward and were killed by Ramey and Norman, who then left the scene. Ramey was convicted after multiple witnesses, including his girlfriend, testified that he had confessed to the slayings. His girlfriend also assisted police in locating the two firearms used in the killings. Norman, who was executed on Sept. 16, testified against Ramey at his trial. Ramey lost two appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court. A new appeal submitted Sept. 10 to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was turned down Monday. On Wednesday afternoon, the Supreme Court refused to grant a stay of execution. Ramey's appeals centered largely on claims that the jury that sentenced him, which was almost entirely white, was tainted by racial bias, and that his attorney provided ineffective representation. The lawyer was a full-time dentist and lacked experience in capital punishment cases, according to the appeals. Ramey is the sixth person executed in Texas this year. Three additional men are set to be executed before the year ends. If those executions proceed, Texas will have carried out the most executions in a single year this decade, following a period of fewer executions and new death sentences.