Texas set to execute Jamaal Howard for 2000 fatal shooting
Summary
Jamaal Howard, a man in Texas, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection for killing a convenience store clerk in 2000. This will be the 30th execution in the United States this year and the first since a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week.Key Facts
- Jamaal Howard is 46 years old.
- He was found guilty of capital murder for shooting Vickie Swartout, 42, once in the chest in 2000.
- Howard’s execution will use a lethal dose of pentobarbital, a drug used to cause death in executions.
- This is the first scheduled execution in the U.S. since a recent failed execution in Tennessee.
- Christa Pike’s execution in Tennessee failed; she was awake and receiving hospital treatment afterward.
- The Texas execution will be the 30th in the United States this year.
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