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Texas executes Jamaal Howard despite same lethal injection drug used in failed Christa Pike execution

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Texas executed Jamaal Howard on October 8, 2026, despite concerns raised by his lawyers over the lethal injection drug used in a botched execution in Tennessee. The Supreme Court declined to intervene without comment, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting. Howard, convicted of killing Vickie Swartout in 2000, died after 19 minutes following the administration of pentobarbital, during which he made snoring sounds and coughed before falling silent.

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Jamaal Howard, a 46-year-old Texas inmate, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, becoming the 30th person executed in the U.S. that year and the first since Tennessee's failed attempt to execute Christa Pike last week. Howard was convicted of fatally shooting convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout, 42, during a robbery in Silsbee in 2000, taking only $11 and a carton of cigarettes. His lawyers had argued that he is intellectually disabled and sought to halt the execution due to safety concerns following Pike's failed lethal injection using pentobarbital. Despite these appeals, Howard was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. at the Huntsville Unit prison in Texas.

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Texas executes Jamaal Howard despite same lethal injection drug used in failed Christa Pike execution By asserted

Texas → execute → execution

A Texas man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery was executed Wednesday evening after the Supreme Court declined to halt the execution, despite his attorneys raising concerns about the lethal injection drug used in a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week. asserted

attorneys → convict → Tennessee

Jamaal Howard, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. asserted

Howard → pronounce → p.m.

He was sentenced to death for the 2000 killing of 42-year-old Vickie Swartout in Silsbee, Texas. asserted

He → sentence → Silsbee

“Texas should not be eager to follow in Tennessee’s footsteps; a stay would keep that from happening,” Howard’s attorneys argued in their filing. asserted

attorneys → follow → filing

The Supreme Court rejected Howard’s emergency appeal without explanation. asserted

Court → reject → explanation

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only justice to publicly dissent, Fox News reported. asserted

News → dissent → ?

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had previously rejected two requests to stop the execution based on concerns about the drug’s use. asserted

Court → reject → use

According to The Associated Press, as the pentobarbital began taking effect Wednesday evening, Howard took a couple of breaths and gasped. uncertain

Howard → accord → breaths

Howard then began making snoring sounds, coughed and resumed the snoring sounds, which grew progressively quieter. asserted

which → begin → sounds

His movements reportedly stopped entirely after around 30 seconds, and he was pronounced dead 19 minutes later. uncertain

he → stop → seconds

Howard’s attorneys also said in court filings that they had requested information about the dose of pentobarbital the Texas Department of Criminal Justice planned to use to carry out the execution. asserted

Department → say → execution

The concerns stemmed in part from Pike’s execution attempt, during which she reportedly survived two doses of pentobarbital. uncertain

she → stem → pentobarbital

Howard’s execution took place the same day a Tennessee judge granted a request from Pike’s attorneys to order the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve evidence connected to the failed execution attempt. asserted

judge → take → attempt

Texas executes Jamaal Howard despite same lethal injection drug used in failed Christa Pike execution

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