October 7, 2026

Texas Prepares to Execute Jamaal Howard Following Botched Execution in Tennessee

Jamaal Howard is scheduled for execution on Wednesday for the 2000 murder of Vickie Swartout.
This will be the first execution in Texas since Christa Pike's botched execution attempt in Tennessee.
Howard's attorneys argue he is intellectually disabled and have a pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution.

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