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Texas executes Jamaal Howard after legal challenge over lethal injection
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Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during her execution.
Texas executed Jamaal Howard by lethal injection after courts rejected his lawyers’ challenges, which cited risks linked to Christa Pike’s botched Tennessee execution. Howard was pronounced dead at 20:03 local time.
2 sourcesThe Guardian, BBC NewsUpdated
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Texas scheduled Jamaal Howard's execution for Wednesday.
2 of 2 sources“A death row inmate was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday evening in Texas”
Howard's lawyers sought to halt his execution.
2 of 2 sources“Lawyers for 46-year-old Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution”