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Christa Pike Botched Execution Raises Questions Ahead of Texas Lethal Injection
TMZ • • nation
Key Points:
- Texas plans to proceed with Jamaal Howard's execution on Wednesday, using the same drug, pentobarbital, that failed in a recent botched lethal injection in Tennessee.
- Howard's lawyers have requested a 30-day stay from Governor Greg Abbott to investigate Texas' supply of pentobarbital, citing concerns after the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
- Christa Pike survived the Tennessee execution attempt on September 30 after two doses of pentobarbital failed, and she has since regained consciousness and is communicating.
- Howard was sentenced to death for the 2000 murder of convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout, and his final appeals are currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
