# Texas carries out first execution in the US since Christa Pike survived botched lethal injection

https://mins.news/en/item/90870

- euronews, 2026-10-08 06:08 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/08/texas-execution-first-in-us-since-christa-pike-survived-botched-lethal-injection

> Texas has executed seven people so far this year, compared with five in each of 2025 and 2024. Two more executions are scheduled in the state for November.

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