A remorseful death row inmate, Richard Lee Tabler, was executed on Thursday at Huntsville Prison in Texas. After he received the death penalty Tabler, 46, pleaded with the courts multiple times to stop his appeals and allow his execution to proceed.
His attorneys, however, contended that his desire to die indicated a lack of mental competence. Despite their efforts, Tabler was put to death for the brutal murders of four people two decades ago.
Death Penalty Crimes
Tabler was convicted of killing two men and two teenage dancers in 2004. He shot and killed 28-year-old Mohammed-Amine Rahmouni and 25-year-old Haitham Zayed near Killeen, Texas, on Thanksgiving after luring them under the pretense of purchasing stolen stereo equipment.
Rahmouni, a co-owner of the TeaZers club, had allegedly threatened Tabler’s family, saying he could have them “wiped out” for $10.
Two days later, Tabler murdered 18-year-old Tiffany Loraine Dotson, a dancer at the club whom he had been seeing, along with 16-year-old Amanda Benefield.
