Charles Victor Thompson
Charles Victor Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 June 1970 |
| Criminal charge | Capital murder |
| Penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | Dennise Hayslip Darren Cain |
Charles Victor Thompson (born 13 June 1970) is an inmate sentenced to death in April 1999 and currently resides on Texas
Thompson is appealing his death penalty conviction as he states that there was insufficient evidence to support his capital murder conviction because intervening medical care was the direct cause of Dennise Hayslip’s death, not the actual shooting.[2][3]
In 2008, a biography by Roger Rodriguez was released titled The Grass Beneath His Feet: The Charles Victor Thompson Story.[4] In it, Rodriguez highlights the details regarding his escape, but he does not reveal how Thompson received a handcuff key.
Thompson resides in solitary confinement[5] on Death Row in Livingston, Texas at the Polunsky Unit.[6] He writes on inmate blog Between the Bars.[7]
Thompson is featured in the fifth episode of the first season of the Netflix series I Am a Killer.
Thompson was also featured in an episode of "Extreme Prison Breaks", entitled "Runaway Chuck", which first aired on the Documentary Channel on 15 August 2012.
References
- ^ "An interview with escapee Charles Victor Thompson". 14 December 2005.
- ^ "Charles Victor Thompson (Petitioner), v. Lorie Davis (Respondent), Civil Action No. H-13-1900" (PDF). cases.justia.com. 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Justice for Charles Thompson: Wrongful Death Row Conviction".
- ISBN 978-1434364791.
- ^ "Inside Polunsky". solitarywatch.com. 21 May 2013.
- ^ Ridgeway, James; Casella, Jean (2 May 2013). "America's 10 Worst Prisons: Polunsky". Mother Jones.
- ^ Chuck Thompson. "Between the Bars".