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Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Christa Pike's botched lethal injections.
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Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike
Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urge halt, citing risk of another failed execution after Pike’s ordeal in Tennessee Texas on Wednesday is scheduled to carry out the first execution in the US after the the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week. Lawyers for Jamaal Howard, a Texas man on death row for capital murder, are seeking to halt the execution, arguing there are similar risks as in the case of…
BBC News – World BBC
Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections
Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Christa Pike's botched lethal injections.
Sky News – World Sky
US puts inmate to death for first time since botched execution
A Texas death row inmate has been put to death by lethal injection - despite objections following Christa Pike's botched execution last week.
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CBS
Request to halt Texas execution denied in wake of Pike's botched lethal injection
A Texas court on Wednesday refused to halt the execution of a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk, after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
NYTimes – US NYT
Texas Plans Execution After Botched Lethal Injection in Tennessee
Jamaal Howard’s lawyers are seeking information about the lethal injection drug, the same medication used in Tennessee’s failed attempt last week.
