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Texas carries out execution of Jamaal Howard following failed attempt in Tennessee
Overview
Texas has executed 46-year-old death row inmate Jamaal Howard by lethal injection, marking the first US execution since Christa Pike's botched attempt in Tennessee. Howard's lawyers had unsuccessfully sought a stay of execution, arguing that Texas planned to use the same drug, pentobarbital, and that the state's supply may have degraded.
Key points
- Jamaal Howard was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, and pronounced dead at 20:03 local time.
- Howard was convicted of the 2000 murder of a convenience store clerk during a robbery.
- His lawyers attempted to pause the execution following Christa Pike's botched lethal injection in Tennessee, arguing that Texas planned to use the same drug, pentobarbital.
- Defence attorneys also claimed that the state's supply of pentobarbital had become degraded, but state courts and the US Supreme Court denied the appeals.