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Texas' execution chamber as seen from the witness viewing room at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville.
Lawyers for Jamaal Howard are asking Gov. Greg Abbott for a 30-day reprieve after two lethal injections failed to kill Christa Pike, leaving her hospitalized.
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