SocietyTexas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike’s botched lethal injections
Texas executed 46-year-old Jamaal Howard by lethal injection on Wednesday evening, the first US execution since an unsuccessful attempt to execute Christa Pike last week. His lawyers sought a pause over the use and condition of the same drug, but courts and the US Supreme Court rejected the appeals. Howard was convicted of killing convenience-store clerk Vickie Swartout during a 2000 robbery.
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BBC News★★★☆☆2026-10-08 03:02Original
Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike’s botched lethal injections
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