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Texas set to execute man for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in 2000
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Jamaal Howard, a Texas man convicted of fatally shooting convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout in 2000, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection, marking the 30th execution in the U.S. this year.
- Howard's case gained attention due to his attorneys' claims that he is intellectually disabled, which could legally bar his execution, but the state disputes this and Howard has a pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- The killing was captured on store surveillance video, showing Howard shooting Swartout during a robbery where he stole $114 and cigarettes.
- This execution will be the first in the U.S. since Tennessee's recent failed execution attempt of Christa Pike, who was reported awake and speaking during medical treatment afterward.
- Texas has executed six people so far this year and has two more executions scheduled following Howard's.
