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Oct 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM ET
Texas execution of Jamaal Howard scheduled for Wednesday
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Jamaal Howard, 46, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday for the 2000 killing of convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout. His attorneys argue he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed; the state says he has not provided evidence meeting the requirements for that claim.
WHO: Texas prison authorities
WHAT: Scheduled Jamaal Howard's lethal-injection execution
WHEN: Oct 7, 2026
WHERE: Texas, USA
WHY: Howard was convicted of capital murder in the 2000 killing of Vickie Swartout.
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