Posted on 01/26/2005 10:54:19 AM PST by NativeTexun
Killer who cited Metallica lyrics executed 09:58 PM CST on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Associated Press
Excerpt from http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/012605dntexexecute.4995f.html
HUNTSVILLE – A condemned killer who twice avoided execution last year when courts halted his punishment on the day he was to die was executed Tuesday for a slaying in Corpus Christi more than 20 years ago. The execution came after the U.S. Supreme Court refused on a narrow 5-4 vote to block Troy Kunkle's execution. Kunkle was contrite as he looked toward the daughter and son-in-law of his victim, Stephen Horton, and sought their forgiveness. "I would like to ask you to forgive me," he said. "I made a mistake and I am sorry for what I did. All I can do is ask you to forgive me." Kunkle then turned his head toward an adjacent window in the death house and expressed love to witnesses he selected to watch him die, including his mother and his wife. "I love you and I will see all of you in heaven," he said. "I love you very much. Praise Jesus."
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I can relate.
If I had to listen to Creed for longer than 10 seconds I'd end up killing people.
; >
Good riddance, scumbag! Rot in hell, murderer!
He died after saying the Lord's Prayer. If he was honest in his repentence, then he's got a chance of not going to Hell, right?
That's a big "if", and one that only God can answer. I'm not qualified, in any way, shape of form.
he is in heaven now he repented
What about any of his innocent victims, who didn't have the chance to repent, before be brutally murderered them? I hope you're wrong, and that he's in the Lake of Sulfur, for eternity.
God is merciful .. that's something us humans bent on an eye for an eye will never understand.
But if the guy repented, He is in Heaven. Jesus forgave the thief that was on the Cross with Him.
Thievery and murder are two wholly-different crimes. All murderers and child rapists-molesters should be punished to the max, until eternity.
..."eye for an eye" is from the Bible's Old Testament, IIRC.
In fairness, I'm sure there is a killer somewhere quoting Rush Limbaugh.
correction:
>>will accept Him if He repented unto salvation <<
"him" rather than "Him"
"he" rather than "He"
(must be a case of brain fog on this otherwise sunny day) ; >
Perhaps several.
Kunkle was a nutcase, good riddance.
Actually, Limbaugh and Metallica might have several points in common.
Metallica ROCKS.
Don't Tread On Me
Hetfield / Ulrich
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
never begins it, never, but once engaged...
never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
don't tread on me
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
don't tread on me
love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite
quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
shining with brightness, always on surveillance
the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
don't tread on me
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
don't tread on me
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling on her tail
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
don't tread on me
Wishing for someone to be damned is a very great sin.
Says you, *?* Show me the text... waiting.
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