Update: The State of Texas executed Richard Tabler by lethal injection February 13. In his final statement, he repeatedly apologized to the families of the victims. “I had no right to take your loved ones from you, and I ask and pray, hope and pray, that one day you find it in your hearts to forgive me for those actions,” Tabler reportedly said from the gurney.
Richard Tabler, 45, is the second person scheduled to be executed in Texas this year, with his death by lethal injection set for February 13.
Tabler confessed to shooting and killing four people in Bell County, between Austin and Waco, in 2004. He avoided another execution date in 2010, when a federal district court stepped in to grant a stay while his lawyers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court.
