june january american convicted carrying concealed weapon state florida sexual assault murder state utah taylor sister tipped police june year old found raped death utah found crime scene located apartment complex staying december taylor sentenced death placed death row utah state prison taylor gave appealing sentence request rejected second person executed firing squad united_states death penalty reinstated taylor said chose method execution state utah january day taylor execution legislation introduced eliminate firing squad background born utah albert separated infancy moved times youth including colorado age told father died according taylor raised florida abused child involved drugs teens taylor stated stepfather vietnam veteran mother control mother lot animosity father alienated long time post age stabbed stepfather according court records repeatedly raped sister teens raped young girls committed sex program taylor moved live grandmother soon returned florida taylor arrested florida charged carrying concealed weapon caught stolen gun convicted imprisoned december released parole march arrested florida armed armed robbery sexual assault diagnosed age acquitted charges september sentenced additional years prison parole violations taylor released departed utah sisters biological father discovered alive saw father good man growing told stories come learn lies father painted villain wasn come learn real villain mother murder june returned work apartment utah find body daughter bedroom wrapped head stuffed mouth calling police instructed perform discovered death telephone cord foster grandmother stated dropped apartment visiting mall planning celebrate 12th birthday amusement park day prosecutors believe john entered house intent sexually girl caught house prosecutors believe chased bedroom place underwear mouth raped placed head death arrest june later revealed taylor sister contacted officer information connected murder taylor found telephone king residence matched records provided authorities arrested june home half sister lover utah charged degree degree morning taylor arrived florida days murder staying sister apartment complex remember telling father arrested crime history arrest moved apartment complex june upset neighbors came forward witnesses heard daughter screaming murder trial november trial commenced district judge taylor waived right jury taylor testified behalf entered apartment act home leaving phone found money underneath deputy attorney stated taylor previously denied apartment witnesses placed scene time crime prison testified brief conversation taylor told killed girl accident corpse crime laboratory testified person cut telephone cord knife wrapped neck victim likely left phone lab director stated prints matched fingers taylor left hand evidence placed taylor crime scene said evidence apartment indicate took place person connected murder december judge found taylor guilty degree child rape degree murder penalty phase taylor trial half sister traveled florida testify harsh treatment stepfather years taylor spent sex program florida mental institution december taylor convict years sent death row court said facts case circumstances taylor father albert attended son court proceedings died heart failure october taylor said permitted attend father funeral appeals case automatically appealed upheld taylor conviction sentence october taylor execution initially scheduled january date rescheduled june taylor attorney requested withdraw case june judge granted stay execution taylor new defense attorney requested time prepare appeal issue new law utah established sentence life imprisonment parole incarcerated taylor kept busy effort overcome earned high school diploma studied educational grant money ran october taylor decided end appeals rejected argument legal counsel ineffective fired defense attorney stating don fight appeal don need attorney taylor said prepared die partly failing health including enlarged heart bleeding swollen legs feet don want die cell judge ordered taylor choose method execution taylor chose executed firing squad process difficult utah state officials interview news stated didn commit murder going submit letting kill table option lethal injection taylor said don want like fish water table table injected drugs leaves feeling innocent crime convicted execution carried murder granted legally sanctioned nonetheless murder firing squad way showing point cost cause state prepared execution firing squad execution taylor ordered meal law enforcement veterans recalled request man hanged utah like taylor selected method execution goal state january taylor spent final evening sharing pizza uncle joined attorney catholic priest administered rites taylor stomach flip earlier day requested medication declined deputy warden offer pizza coffee gave glasses warden said need taylor refused offer execution allowed cigarette years police officers volunteered carry execution paid shooters identical winchester model rifles prison official selected rifle random table handed prison official sitting small room sight second prison official load rifle return table rifles loaded live ammunition secretly loaded wax bullet officers certain fired deadly shot non lethal cartridge tested ensure report difficult distinguish real cartridge media coverage news television crews world hand report execution set inside warehouse media witnesses allowed record actual event actor activist appeared commentator opposition death penalty uncle sole member victim family arrive witness expressed sympathy taylor sister author wrote taylor letter delivered right execution death shortly midnight taylor led execution chamber chair feet away shooters hood covering head multiple bright lights covered taylor arranged prevent captain walked aisle tapping shooter shoulder check ready january shooter fired count white cloth target taylor chest flew chest moved upward left hand fist grip gradually head fell doctor checked taylor neck pulse cut holes hood check light taylor declared dead 49th person executed state utah like family friends poem written remember let aftermath autopsy taylor remains cremated shipped uncle oregon said specify homicide cause death taylor death certificate execution met state definition intentional death hand utah state law actions prosecution commemorative coin created recognize staff participated execution hours taylor execution utah state representative introduced bill eliminate firing squad later succeeded passing removed right condemned choose method execution february choose firing squad magnificent manipulation system bring attention time utah away firing squad
John Albert Taylor