Death Row Inmates in Texas

Texas death row inmate is now 'a gentle human'

Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.

USA Today · 2d

Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's written two books about his life.

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Inmate says his final 2-word message to victims' families before execution

Richard Lee Tabler, a remorseful death row inmate, was executed in Texas after pleading for forgiveness for the murders of his strip club manager and another man

Texas, Killeen

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Texas executes inmate who killed two men in Killeen in 2004

In his final statement, Richard Tabler asked for forgiveness from his victims’ family members, some of whom reportedly witnessed his death.

The Associated Press on MSN · 21h

Texas executes man for 2004 double killing in a dispute with his strip club manager

Texas has executed a man convicted of killing two men as part of a 2004 dispute with his boss at a strip club.

KHOU-TV Houston on MSN · 22h

Texas executes man for murders of strip club manager and friend in 2004

In 2008 he called then-state Sen. John Whitmire multiple times, prompting a massive prison lockdown and search for contraband cellphones.

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Double execution: Richard Lee Tabler put to death in Texas 1 hour after Florida execution

Tabler's execution came about an hour after Florida executed James Dennis Ford. Tabler was convicted of a 2004 double murder, ...

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Two death row inmates convicted of murder executed

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...

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Richard Tabler Final Words Before Texas Execution

Richard Tabler shared his final words before he was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Thursday. The death penalty is a legal form of criminal punishment in 27 states. Governors in California, ...

Texas Public Radio2d

A sisterhood of nuns is quietly emerging on Texas death row

Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

The New Yorker4d

The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row

Its revelations did not sway the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals—the last stop in the appeals process before the Supreme Court for death-row inmates in Texas. In 2021, the court issued a 10–7 r ...

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