Texas Inmate Set to Be Executed for Houston Officer’s Death

A prison guard secures the lethal injection chamber at the National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa a suburb of Manila. Joel Nito/AFP/Getty Images

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed on Jan. 30, for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago during a robbery.

Robert Jennings was condemned for the July 1988 slaying of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery at an adult bookstore.