Convicted Utah murderer Taberon Honie to die by lethal injection
Convicted murderer Taberon Honie is schedueled to death by lethal injection on Aug. 8, 2024.A Utah death row inmate who was convicted for the sexual assault an Taberon Honie, convicted of the 1998 murder and sexual assault of his girlfriend's mother, has been ordered to be executed by lethal injection. The execution is set for August 8. Honie has been on death row for 25 years and has been sentenced to death in May 1999. His attorney, Eric Zuckerman, argued for more time to investigate the states protocol of administering the new lethal drug cocktail that will kill him. The judge signed Honie's execution warrant after a 3-hour hearing. Despite this, state prosecutor Daniel Boyer expects the judge's decision to be challenged.
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Taberon Honie, who has been on death row for 25 years for the 1998 murder and sexual assault of his girlfriend’s mother Claudia Benn, has been ordered to be executed by lethal injection.
The execution has been scheduled for August 8.
Honie shook his head when the judge gave the order. He never spoke and turned around and looked at family as he was escorted out of the court room.
Honie was convicted for the sexual assault and murder of his ex-girlfriend's mother. He was sentenced in May 1999.
Benita Yracheta, the daughter of the victim, said she’s relived as this ruling is 25 years in the making.
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Judge Jeffrey C. Wilcox signed Honie’s execution warrant after a 3 hour hearing in the Fifth Judicial District court.
“The judge made the correct ruling” said state prosecutor Daniel Boyer after the hearing.
Eric Zuckerman, Honie’s attorney, argued for more time to investigate the states protocol of administering the new lethal drug cocktail of ketamine, fentynal and potassium chloride that will kill him.
“If Mr. Honie has the right to choose I believe he has right to chose he has right to an informed choice” Zuckerman argued.
Zuckerman asked for 3 months to investigate the new drug cocktail and administering protocol.
“Does the state of Utah want to carry out an execution with a new protocol that has never been used before without it being subjected to judicial review?” Zuckerman asked the judge.
The position of the state was to answer the two questions, should the execution stay be lifted and should the order of execution be signed? Boyer said Honie exhausted all his legal avenues for appeal. Even with a signed execution warrant, Boyer expects the judge’s decision to be challenged.
“It’s a bit of an open question as to whether there’s a right to direct appeal but they can certainly to try and certainly we anticipate some attempt for direct or otherwise review” Boyer said.
Zuckerman says he will appeal the ruling.
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