Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injection
Howard’s lawyers cited Tennessee’s failed execution and said Texas planned to use the same drug, pentobarbital, in his lethal injection.
- On Wednesday, the Texas Criminal Court denied a stay of execution for 46-year-old Jamaal Howard, who faces lethal injection today despite his attorneys' concerns over the drug pentobarbital.
- Following the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week, Howard's legal team requested a 30-day reprieve to obtain records about the state's execution drugs, their storage, and testing.
- In 2000, Howard robbed a Silsbee Chevron station and killed 42-year-old clerk Vickie Swartout, stealing $114 and cigarettes; prosecutors argued his deliberate actions showed intent rather than insanity.
- Attorneys cited an IQ as low as 70 to argue Howard is intellectually disabled, though the state dismissed these claims as "meritless" and accused him of manufacturing urgency.
- If executed, Howard would become the 30th person executed nationwide in 2026, as the state maintains that justice for Swartout's victims has been delayed for 26 years.
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Jamaal Howard, 46, is set to be put to death in Texas today in what would be the first execution in the US since Christa Pike survived two lethal injections
In Tennessee, a death row inmate survived a lethal injection, and her lawyers reported that the woman is extremely angry. Based on this incident, the repercussions are spreading as Texas also requests a moratorium on executions. Washington
Lawyers argued that Jamaal Howard presents intellectual disability, which led to an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution.
Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injection
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas court on Wednesday refused to halt the execution of a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
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