A Long-Delayed Execution

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Twenty years ago, police officer Guy Gaddis was murdered. His killer finally faces death.

Jillian Kay Melchior

12/18/13

 

Four days before Houston police officer Guy Gaddis was murdered, he found out that his 23-year-old wife, Rose, was pregnant.

 

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On January 22, 2014 20 years after Guy Gaddis was murdered Tamayo is scheduled to die by lethal injection. But his case has become internationally politicized. Critics claim Tamayo was treated unfairly, an allegation deeply hurtful to the family the officer left behind.

 

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Dubious international considerations aside, the case was pretty clear-cut: Tamayo was caught fleeing down the street with Guy Gaddiss handcuffs still around his wrists. He admitted to the murder but told investigators it was the police officers fault for not searching him thoroughly enough to find the .380 Bersa he had tucked into his waistband. Tamayo was afforded due process, just as if he were an American citizen. So conclusive was the evidence that a jury of his peers convicted him of capital murder after just half an hour of deliberation.

 

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Some people just need killing