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   political bull crap surrounding the cell phone situation."   
      
   In 2021, Tabler released his autobiography, "Within the Shadows of   
   Life." According to the cover text, it is the story of a mistake   
   Tabler made and "the guilt he holds within himself for some 'very   
   stupid choices and actions' throughout his entire life." Tabler wrote   
   that he ran away from home at age 16 and later lived a chaotic life of   
   stealing cars and using and dealing drugs.   
      
   After Tabler's execution date was set in December 2024, he sent a   
   letter to the CCA asking them not to grant him any stays, saying he   
   "see's no point in wasting this Courts time, nor anyone else's." He   
   did, however, allow his lawyer to file an appeal for clemency to the   
   Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. That petition was denied.   
      
   In the days leading up to Tabler's execution, his mother, sister, and   
   pen-pal wife spoke to USA Today on the condition that their names not   
   be used. They said that Tabler was a changed, gentle, deeply faithful   
   man.   
      
   Tabler's wife provided a statement from him that read, "I take full   
   responsibility for my actions of 20 years ago, and sadly, I can't go   
   back in time and just walk away." He added that he has accepted his   
   fate. He credited Jesus Christ, "my Lord and Savior," for providing   
   him "such peace and joy in my heart in the face of my own death."   
      
   Tabler made a long last statement at his execution. In it, he   
   expressed remorse for his actions and spoke about his faith in Jesus.   
   "There is not a day that goes by that I don't regret my actions," he   
   began. As he looked at relatives of his victims who watched from a   
   viewing room, he said, "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. No amount of my apologies   
   will ever return them to you."   
      
   Tabler then expressed love to his family, friends, lawyers, and   
   supporters, and thanked prison officials. After apologizing several   
   more times, he proclaimed Jesus Christ as his savior and said that his   
   death was the beginning of a new life for him in Heaven. He then told   
   the warden, "I am finished." The lethal injection was then started.   
   Tabler mouthed "I'm sorry" before the drugs took effect. He was   
   pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m.   
      
   Tiffany Dotson's father, George, and her godfather were among the   
   victims' witnesses. Mr. Dotson declined to comment on Tabler's   
   apologies, saying he needed time to process what he had just seen, but   
   he did say that he was glad to have seen it.   
      
   David Carson   
   (Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, court documents,   
   Associated Press, KFDA-TV, Newsweek, USA Today.)   
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