A 46-year-old man is scheduled to be executed in Texas today, just days after another death-row inmate survived a botched lethal injection.
Keep reading to learn more.
Jamaal Howard is due to be put to death at around 6 p.m. on October 7 for the 2000 killing of petrol station worker Vicky Swartout.
But according to his spiritual advisor, Dr. Jeff Hood, Howard may not fully understand what is about to happen to him.
And that has raised serious questions about whether he understands the reality of his impending execution.
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Howard was convicted of killing Swartout when he was 20 years old.
According to his case records, he shot Swartout during a robbery at a Chevron station in Silsbee, Texas. Howard has continued to face legal challenges over whether he is competent to be executed.
His spiritual advisor, Dr. Jeff Hood, has argued that Howard is intellectually disabled and has described significant concerns about his ability to understand what is happening.
