[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

[Rick Halperin]

CORRECTION----the execution of Taichin Preyor in Texas is the 543rd for the 
state since 1982.....not the 544th as originally reported in the story below




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------------544

27---------Sept.7------------------Juan Castillo----------545

28---------Oct. 12-----------------Robert Pruett----------546

29---------Oct. 18-----------------Anthony Shore----------547

30---------Oct. 26-----------------Clinton Young----------548

31---------Jan. 30-----------------William Rayford--------549

(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)