The 16th Execution of 2017
TaiChin Preyor, a Texas man, was executed on July 27, 2017 after asking
for a last-minute stay on grounds that his former lawyer relied on Wikipedia
for research on his case, reported UPI.
Preyor was killed by lethal injection
in Huntsville, Texas after the Supreme
Court rejected his plea for a stay in his death sentence.
A Bexar County jury in 2005 found him guilty of
capital murder for the death of 24-year-old Jami Tackett. Preyor slashed
Tackett's throat and injured Jason Garza in a drug-related attack at an
apartment in San Antonio in 2004.
Preyor said he stabbed Tackett out of self defense
because she attacked him when he went to her apartment to buy drugs.
Earlier this week, the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted against stopping his
execution. On Thursday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied his bid,
but his legal team plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Preyor's lawyers said his former lawyer worked with a
disbarred lawyer on his case and used Wikipedia for research. They also accuse
the former lawyer of double billing Preyor's family and the court.
The California attorney who specialized in real estate,
had never tried a case in Texas.
"It appears she relied on Wikpedia, of all
things, to learn the complex ins and outs of Texas capital-punishment
law," a motion by Preyor's current lawyers reads.
"Her files included a copy of the Wikipedia
page titled, 'Capital punishment in Texas,' with a post-it note stating
'Research' next to highlighted passages of 'habeas corpus appeals' and
'subsequent or successive writ applications.'"
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