Crime & Justice
Texas set to execute Jamaal Howard, first US execution since Tennessee's botched lethal injection
October 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM · Updated 8d ago
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The lethal injection drug used in Christa Pike’s botched execution was just used in Texas. A look at the two cases
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Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections
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Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike
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Texas set to execute man, first in US since Tennessee’s botched attempt
(opens the publisher’s site)Texas is scheduled to execute Jamaal Howard on Wednesday, the first US execution since Tennessee's botched lethal injection of Christa Pike last week.
- Howard, 46, was convicted of capital murder for fatally shooting clerk Vickie Swartout during a 2000 convenience store robbery in Silsbee, Texas.
- Tennessee inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital, the same sedative Texas plans to administer, and regained consciousness Tuesday.
- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has barred further lethal injections in the state this year and ordered a probe into Pike's failed execution.
- Howard's attorneys filed a Wednesday motion arguing Texas's execution drugs are past their beyond-use dates, posing a risk similar to Pike's case.
- Texas executed Howard by lethal injection Wednesday evening, the first US execution since Pike's botched lethal injection.
- Courts denied his lawyers' requests for a stay based on the risks of the same drug, pentobarbital.