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UPDATED Oct 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
Oct 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM ET
Texas executes Jamaal Howard after appeal
By The BriefBrief · Sources (5)
Jamaal Howard, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. Wednesday after receiving pentobarbital at the state prison in Huntsville. His lawyers had unsuccessfully argued that he was intellectually disabled and faced risks similar to Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her with the same drug.
WHO: Texas authorities
WHAT: Jamaal Howard was put to death by lethal injection.
WHEN: Oct 8, 2026
WHERE: Huntsville, USA
WHY: Howard was convicted of killing convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout during a 2000 robbery.
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