https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/texas-execution/ The latest Flip News stories on texas-execution. en-GB Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:26:28 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/world/texas-jamaal-howard-executed-first-since-pike-botch/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/texas-jamaal-howard-executed-first-since-pike-botch/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jamaal Howard, 46, was put to death by lethal injection in Huntsville on Wednesday evening — the first execution in the US since Tennessee's botched attempt on Christa Pike on 30 September. He was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. CT. Sarah Whitfield jamaal-howard texas-execution christa-pike death-penalty USA Today / CNN / The Times