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- Texas executed Jamaal Howard by lethal injection, the 30th U.S. execution in 2026.
- The Supreme Court denied Howard’s emergency appeal, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting.
- Lawyers warned pentobarbital risks after Christa Pike survived two Tennessee doses.
- Lawyers claimed Howard was intellectually disabled, but Texas said no evidence met criteria.
- Howard was convicted of capital murder for shooting Vickie Swartout and stealing $114 in 2000.