Texas Set to Execute Death-Row Prisoner Convicted in 2005 Triple Killing

Texas is scheduled to execute Ker'Sean Ramey, 41, by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, in connection with his conviction for fatally shooting three people during an attempted robbery at a rural Texas home in 2005.

Ramey's execution, set for Wednesday, would make him the sixth person put to death in Texas so far this year, with three more executions scheduled in the state. His case follows the execution of another man convicted in the same killings, who was put to death a week earlier.

The case stemmed from a robbery attempt that turned deadly, resulting in the deaths of three victims. Details of the original conviction and subsequent appeals process were not fully outlined in the initial report.

Texas has carried out more executions than any other U.S. state in recent years, and capital punishment there remains a subject of ongoing legal and political debate, including questions over sentencing, clemency and the pace of executions.