Update: Jamaal Howard was executed via lethal injection Wednesday night in Huntsville. In his final statement from the gurney, he apologized to Vickie Swartout’s family members, who were there to witness the execution. He was pronounced dead 19 minutes after the drugs were administered.
Jamaal Howard and I are close. Wednesday, Jamaal and I will be in the execution chamber together in Huntsville. More than likely, only I will walk out alive. Jamaal’s execution will likely be the first one in the United States since the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. As his spiritual advisor, I felt the need to tell him about the horror that transpired.
