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UPDATED Oct 8, 2026 at 7:04 AM ET
Oct 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM ET
Texas carries out Jamaal Howard's execution
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Texas executed Jamaal Howard, 46, on Wednesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to halt it. His attorneys had argued that the pentobarbital planned for the execution posed risks, citing Christa Pike’s failed execution attempt in Tennessee on Sept. 30; Howard was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m.
WHO: Texas
WHAT: Carried out Jamaal Howard's execution after the Supreme Court declined to halt it.
WHEN: Oct 8, 2026
WHERE: Texas, USA
WHY: Howard was sentenced to death for the 2000 killing of convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout during a robbery.
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