Tonight, October 7, 2026, the State of Texas executed Jamaal Howard for killing clerk Vickie Swartout while robbing a gas station in 2000 in Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County). He was […]
Category: intellectual disabilities
On October 7, 2026, the State of Texas is scheduled to execute Jamaal Howard, despite unanswered questions about the drug Texas intends to use in the lethal injection. Howard was […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: No executions this summer in Texas Case updates: Supreme Court declines to review the Texas death penalty cases of Charles Flores and Victor Saldaño; Clarence Jordan […]
Tonight, May 14, 2026, the State of Texas executed Edward Lee Busby, Jr., despite unanimous expert findings-and even the State’s own position-that he is intellectually disabled and ineligible for execution. […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Edward Busby faces execution on May 14 despite meeting the criteria for intellectual disability Case updates: Court overturns death sentence of Clarence Jordan nearly 50 years […]
After four months without executions in Texas, the State put Blaine Milam to death on September 25, 2025. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court of the United States denied […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Texas set to execute Matthew Johnson on May 20 In case you missed it: New reports document global use of the death penalty and exonerations […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Texas set to execute Garcia White tonight, October 1, 2024, unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes The campaign to #SaveRoberson: Lawmakers visit Robert Roberson on […]