A man convicted of killing 3 people is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. LeJames Norman is set to die in Texas. Details of the case are available from the source. A separate execution planned for the same day in Georgia has been halted by a judge. Further information on these developments can be found through the source publication.
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