US carries out first execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injection

A death row inmate in Texas has been put to death by lethal injection. It is the first execution in the United States since the botched execution of Christa Pike last week.

Objections were raised following Pike's case. The Texas execution went ahead regardless, using lethal injection.

The source material available so far gives no further details. It does not name the executed man, describe his crime or give the exact time of the execution. For now, only the core facts can be confirmed: the execution took place in Texas, the method was lethal injection, and it came shortly after the earlier failed procedure.

This report will be updated as more information becomes available.