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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has denied a reprieve to death row inmate Taberon Honie, who is set to be executed by the state at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8.
Honie's defense team had sent a letter to Cox asking for a temporary reprieve from the execution, claiming the process was "shrouded in secrecy." The letter asked Cox to instruct the Utah Department of Corrections to update its protocols, which have remained static since 2010.
In a letter addressed to defense attorneys Therese Day and Eric Zuckerman and obtained by ABC4.com this morning, Cox denied that reprieve. The entire letter can be read below.
"Indeed, it is not clear to me that any benefit would come from delaying Mr. Honie's sentence further," Cox stated.
Honie's defense team had claimed their request for a reprieve was important for transparency, as there have been some questions over the lethal injection cocktail being used to execute him. They stated the state was in a "hasty rush to prepare for an execution."
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