Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections
Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Christa Pike's botched lethal injections.
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"I wish that you accept my apology, and I wish for your forgiveness."
— Jamaal Howard , Other
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Christa Pike is a woman on death row in Tennessee, convicted of murder in 1995.
Greg Abbott is the Governor of Texas.
Jamaal Howard was a death row inmate executed in Texas.
Vickie Swartout was a convenience store clerk murdered by Jamaal Howard.
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Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Christa Pike's botched lethal injections.
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