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Kunkle is put to death (Final appeal delays execution 2 hours)
Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^
| January 26, 2005
| By Neal Falgoust (Caller-Times)
Posted on 01/26/2005 6:56:50 AM PST by Paleo Conservative
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This is the story run in my local fish wrap this morning. I'm glad to see an execution for a crime that happened in my home town. It's apalling that this thug spent more than half of his life on death row. It's too bad he couldn't have stayed there just a few months at most.
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To: Paleo Conservative
I will see all of you in heaven
Not...
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:01:39 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(ErnBatavia, Boxer, Pelosi, Thomas...the ultimate nightmare Menage a Quatro)
To: Paleo Conservative
"Kunkle's 20 years in prison had been punctuated by repeated delays of his sentence. The U.S. Supreme Court twice stepped in on his scheduled execution date to issue a stay, most recently on Nov.18. The court lifted that stay last month, allowing the execution to proceed. What a waste and what a slap in the face to the legal system, a system that had operated, sentenced this murderer to death only to be thwarted by the pitiful delaying tactics of Death Penalty Opponents - A MINORITY of the US population.
These unwarranted and extended efforts at delay are a travesty for all concerned, not the least of which is the convicted man. IMO Contrary to their assertions, it is these opponents who are the real parties playing God, substituting their prejudices for the law and the will of the People and acting to the detriment of all.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:10:17 AM PST
by
drt1
To: Paleo Conservative
"I love you and I will see all of you in heaven. I love you very much. Praise Jesus."Young or old, black, white, red, brown, yellow, they all fool themselves into really believing that their final fate is to sit at the foot of God, with an automatic assumption that God will allow them to.
I wonder, is that the fault of the ministers of God that sit with them in their last moments?
Can it be that the ministers of God offer them a hope of everlasting salvation, if they only confess their crimes and state that they've made a mistake?
I sometimes think some of the priests and chaplains are playing upon their own vanities and reveling in the mistaken notion that they've won another soul to God.
I don't think any of these murdering scum are truly repentant.
God will see into their hearts.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:17:00 AM PST
by
OldSmaj
(Jihad this, Islam! Your religion is false and your god is non-existent! Come get me.)
To: Paleo Conservative
The time spend on death row have him the oportunity to repent and be forgiven by the Lord, if geniune, which is a great mercy, one not afforded by him to his victim
May we all be ready at any time to meet our Maker
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:19:36 AM PST
by
apackof2
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:23:05 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: OldSmaj
God will see into their hearts. Yes He will. And He is not you, so I suggest you let Him, and stop hoping and praying people into hell.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:28:33 AM PST
by
sinkspur
("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
To: M_J_News
Kunkle's wife, Christa Haber, said "Shame to Texas" ... I agree - it was a damned shame that this pig lived for so long after his brutal murders of innocent people.
The story had said that at the time of the shooting, his girlfriend was in the car, the one that tossed out the body. Is she in prison as an accessory to murder? Who is the bimbo that married this guy?
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:29:05 AM PST
by
rjsimmons
To: Paleo Conservative; August West
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:29:27 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Paleo Conservative
Careful, Appellants: Pretending you're going to execute him, then pretending you're going to let him live is considered torture these days.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:33:09 AM PST
by
dangus
To: Paleo Conservative
Kunkle's wife, Christa Haber, said "Shame to Texas" as she was leaving the death house.
If he is a believer in Christ he must understand that even though you repent of a crime, you still have to face the consequences of your behavior, even if it is death. Shame on Christa for blaming Texas instead of her husband.
To: sinkspur
...and stop hoping and praying people into hell.I suggest you keep your own counsel.
If I'm wrong, then I'll be judged by someone much above your pay grade.
I've not criticized you, so keep your lips off me.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:35:23 AM PST
by
OldSmaj
(Jihad this, Islam! Your religion is false and your god is non-existent! Come get me.)
To: Paleo Conservative
"I made a mistake, and I am sorry for what I did," he said. "I love you and I will see all of you in heaven."
Now THAT's what I call positive thinking! :^D
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:36:32 AM PST
by
dangus
To: Paleo Conservative
Kudos to Texas.
Good riddance to bad garbage.
To: OldSmaj
Redemption without any participation in atonement makes for some sick people. I don't see Jesus performing any miracles to save the Good Thief on the cross. The good thief was told he would meet Jesus in Heaven partly because he accepted his guilt and his punishment. This guy is still appealling to undermine the ryle of law.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:40:05 AM PST
by
dangus
To: OldSmaj
Can it be that the ministers of God offer them a hope of everlasting salvation, if they only confess their crimes and state that they've made a mistake? What does it take, in your world? No murderer has a chance at salvation?
I suggest you re-read the promise Christ made to the thief on the cross for a simple "Remember me when you come into your kingdom."
I don't get the obsession around this place to sit in judgment of other men's souls.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:40:34 AM PST
by
sinkspur
("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
To: Paleo Conservative
they believed jurors did not have sufficient opportunity to properly consider his history of drug and alcohol abuse as mitigating evidence
I don't get how considering he was a dope addict and an alcoholic would give him life in prison, rather than a death sentence? Sounds like BS.
So Corpus is your hometown? Ever eat at a Sheps' Chicken Shack?
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:41:33 AM PST
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: OldSmaj
I suggest you keep your own counsel. If you really meant that, you'd have kept your own mouth shut. Sink was right.
If I'm wrong, then I'll be judged by someone much above your pay grade.
And if you're right, you'll still be judged. The problem is not about your being right or wrong, but rahter this small matter of your offering judgement in God's stead.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:42:27 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: rjsimmons
Who is the bimbo that married this guy? I dunno, but I'll bet they had a hot sex life ;)
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:45:47 AM PST
by
ssaftler
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