Texas executes inmate despite appeal citing Tennessee's botched Pike execution
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Summary
Texas executed Jamaal Howard, 46, Wednesday evening for the 2000 robbery-murder of convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout, after the Supreme Court declined to halt it; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. His attorneys had cited Tennessee's September 30 failed execution of Christa Pike, who survived two doses of pentobarbital, arguing the same drug posed similar risks. Pike is reported conscious but confused; a Nashville judge has ordered Tennessee to preserve evidence from her failed execution.
Left-leaning
- Christa Pike, Confused After Failed Tennessee Execution, Is at Center of Legal StormNew York Times · Oct 7, 8:09 PM
Right-leaning
- Judge orders evidence from Christa Pike’s botched execution to be preserved as attorneys seek answersWashington Examiner · Oct 7, 2:47 PM
- Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injectionWashington Times · Oct 7, 6:09 PM
- Texas executes Jamaal Howard despite concerns over lethal injection drug used in failed Tennessee executionFox News · Oct 7, 11:55 PM
- Christa Pike is ‘up and walking’ after botched execution — and she remembers: ‘She is angry’New York Post · Oct 8, 6:34 AM