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    William Earl Rayford - Texas Execution - January 30, 2018


    William Earl Rayford


    Last mugshot before execution


    Summary of Offense:

    On November 16, 1999, in Dallas, Rayford murdered Carol Hall, 44, by strangulation, stabbing and blunt force. Rayford took Hall's body and threw it into a nearby creek. The murder took place in the home of the victim and was witnessed by her sons, aged 11 and 14.

    Rayford was sentenced to death in Dallas County in January 2001.

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    On June 1, 2006, Rayford filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/tex...v00978/157633/

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    On January 25, 2012, Rayford's habeas petition was DENIED in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/tex...v00978/157633/

    On March 1, 2012, Rayford filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir.../ca5/12-70004/

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    Remanded to the district court in light of Trevino vs. Thaler.

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...12-70004.0.pdf

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    On September 22, 2014, Rayford's habeas petition was DENIED on remand in Federal District Court.

    http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal...0978/157633/80

    On September 30, 2014, Rayford filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...s/ca5/14-70031

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    On April 28, 2015, oral argument will be heard in Rayford's appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/clerk/ca...5C14-70031.htm

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    COA denied today by the 5th Circuit.

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...14-70031.0.pdf

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Rayford's petition for certiorari.

    Appeals exhausted decision could result in an execution date.
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    Convicted Killer of Dallas Woman in 1999 Gets Execution Date

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Dallas man on death row for the slaying of his ex-girlfriend more than 17 years ago has received an execution date for early next year.

    Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark says the agency has received court documents setting 64-year-old William Rayford for lethal injection Jan. 30.

    Rayford had been on parole after serving eight years of a 23-year sentence for the slaying of his estranged wife when he was arrested for the November 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend, Carol Lynn Thomas Hall. The 44-year-old Hall was beaten, stabbed and strangled at her Dallas home. Her body then was dumped in a creek.

    Hall's 11-year-old son also was beaten and stabbed as he tried to stop the attack but survived and testified against Rayford.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...execution-date
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    does anyone know of any appeals being filed? cant find any articles since his execution date was set last summer. it seems like if the TCCA were to stay this one, theyd have done it by now seeing as his date was set more than 7 months in advance.

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