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Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike
The Guardian World · Leans Left
Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urged halt, citing risk of another failed execution, but court denied request
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, sought to halt the execution, arguing to the Texas court of criminal appeals there are similar risks as in the case of Pike. The court denied the request for a stay and later denied a second attempt to stop the execution over the drug. The court denied both without elaboration. The US supreme court also denied a late appeal Wednesday evening without comment.
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