July 27
TEXAS----execution
Texas puts prisoner to death for killing woman in 2004 after breaking into her
apartment
A Texas prisoner has been executed for killing a San Antonio woman after
breaking into her apartment more than 13 years ago.
46-year-old TaiChin Preyor was put to death Thursday evening after his
attorneys failed to convince courts that he had deficient legal help during
earlier stages of his appeals and that he deserved a reprieve so his case could
be reviewed more fairly.
After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal, he was taken to the
death chamber in Huntsville, Texas, for lethal injection.
Preyor was convicted in the February 2004 slaying of 24-year-old Jami Tackett,
who court records identified as Preyor's drug supplier. She was stabbed and her
throat was cut.
Preyor becomes the 5th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in
Texas and the 544th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on
December 7, 1982.
Preyor becomes the 16th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the
USA and the 1458th overall since the nation resumed executions on
January 17, 1977.
(sources: Associated Press & Rick Halperin)
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Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present----25
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982----present-----544
Abbott#--------scheduled execution date-----name------------Tx. #
26---------Aug. 30-----------------Steven Long------------545
27---------Sept.7------------------Juan Castillo----------546
28---------Oct. 12-----------------Robert Pruett----------547
29---------Oct. 18-----------------Anthony Shore----------548
30---------Oct. 26-----------------Clinton Young----------549
31---------Jan. 30-----------------William Rayford--------550
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
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