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Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike

Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike

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Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urge halt, citing risk of another failed execution after Pike’s ordeal in TennesseeTexas 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, are seeking to halt the execution, arguing there are similar risks as in the case of Pike. Continue reading…

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