{"id":33506,"date":"2026-10-07T05:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33506"},"modified":"2026-10-07T05:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:01:36","slug":"texas-man-faces-execution-for-killing-convenience-store-clerk-in-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33506","title":{"rendered":"Texas man faces execution for killing convenience store clerk in 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134756384,imgsize-438301,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/jamaal-howard-ap-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Texas man faces execution for killing convenience store clerk in 2000\" title=\"Texas man to be executed for killing convenience store clerk in 2000\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Texas man to be executed for killing convenience store clerk in 2000\">Texas man to be executed for killing convenience store clerk in 2000<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Texas man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk in 2000 is set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. If carried out, it would be the 30th execution in the US this year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Jamaal Howard, 46, was convicted of capital murder in the killing of Vickie Swartout, 42. She was shot once in the chest during a robbery at a store in Silsbee, a small town about 161 km northeast of Houston.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Howard was 20 when the killing took place. According to court records cited by news agency Associated Press, he took $114 and a carton of cigarettes from the store. Surveillance video presented during the trial showed Howard shooting Swartout.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Howard&#8217;s lawyers have argued that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. The state has argued that he has not provided enough evidence to support the claim.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Howard has also asked the US Supreme Court to stop the execution.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The Supreme Court barred the execution of people with intellectual disabilities in 2002, but allowed states some discretion in deciding whether a person meets the criteria.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>If Howard&#8217;s execution goes ahead, he will be the seventh person executed in Texas this year. Two more executions are currently scheduled in the state.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The execution would come after a failed attempt last week to execute Christa Pike in Tennessee. Pike&#8217;s lawyers said on Tuesday that she remained awake and was speaking while receiving treatment at a hospital.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/texas-man-faces-execution-for-killing-convenience-store-clerk-in-2000\/articleshow\/134756345.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas man to be executed for killing convenience store clerk in 2000 A Texas man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk in 2000 is set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. 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