The Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for Howard, who had argued that his intellectual disability made the death penalty unconstitutional. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson filed a dissent regarding the court's decision to allow the execution to proceed.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Texas Executes Jamaal Howard First in US Since Failed Pike Injection
US Politics13 days ago
The 30th execution in the U.S. this year took place Wednesday evening when Texas officials put a convicted killer to death by lethal injection. Jamaal Howard, who was executed for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk, was the first person put to death in the country since Tennessee failed to administer a lethal injection to Christa Pike.
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