Texas executes Jamaal Howard despite concerns over lethal injection drug used in failed Tennessee execution

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Source: www.foxnews.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Right · Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:55:09 GMT

Jamaal Howard's attorneys cited Christa Pike's failed lethal injection in Tennessee to argue the pentobarbital drug posed risks, but the Supreme Court rejected it.