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AP
Vickers ... condemned for
shootout with grocery owner.

1 posted on 12/09/2003 2:18:48 PM PST by MeekOneGOP

To: Sparta; luckodeirish; archy; Houmatt; BJClinton; SpookBrat; bonehead4freedom; ...

AP
Vickers ... condemned for
shootout with grocery owner.

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Texas Executions ping list!. . .don't be shy.

2 posted on 12/09/2003 2:20:53 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Hillary is a TRAITOR !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/HitlerTraitor6.JPG)

I suppose the candle people will be out in force to protest this cretin's comeuppance.

3 posted on 12/09/2003 2:21:10 PM PST by onyx

When will these nimrods learn you don't do capital crimes in Texas unless you want a date with the needle?

On the other hand, if they'd move to Massachusetts, they'd find plenty of unarmed sheep to prey on and little to fear from the law if caught. Eventually, they'd be furoloughed like the infamous Willie Horton (not the one who was a fine outfield for the Detroit Tigers).

4 posted on 12/09/2003 2:24:16 PM PST by Vigilanteman

5 posted on 12/09/2003 2:24:56 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Hillary is a TRAITOR !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/HitlerTraitor6.JPG)

http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/Pending/03/dec03.htm

Date of scheduled execution State Victim name Inmate name Status

December 9, 2003 Texas Phillip Kinslow, 50 Billy Vickers pending

In the spring of 1993, fifty-year-old Phillip Kinslow ran a small combination gas station/grocery store in Arthur City, Texas, the Arthur City Suprette. Philip would bring home the day's receipts in a satchel-type bag after he closed for the evening and openly carried a loaded revolver to protect the large sums of money that he transported between his store and his rural Lamar County home. On the evening of March 12, 1993, as Philip's wife, Dania, awaited the arrival of her husband, she heard what sounded like "rapid gun fire" coming from the area in front of her home. She watched as her husband drove his truck toward the house, veered off the road, and crashed into a tree. Philip's family found him slumped in the seat with what proved to be a fatal gunshot wound to his chest. Inside the truck, the family found Philip's money bag and his handgun, which had recently been fired and contained six spent .38 caliber shells. The medical examiner subsequently confirmed that he had been shot once in his chest and twice in his right arm. A .22 caliber bullet that had lodged in his spine was recovered during the autopsy. Approximately twenty-two hours after the shooting, the police received a report of a suspicious person about two miles from the Kinslow residence. Upon arrival, officers found Billy Frank Vickers walking with the help of some makeshift crutches constructed out of tree branches because he had been shot twice in his left leg. A bullet recovered from Vickers' knee was confirmed to have been fired from Philip's .38 caliber handgun. Investigators also discovered that a shoe print found near the Kinslows' gate was made by the same size, brand, and style of shoe that Vickers was wearing when he was found. The police also located a toboggan hat and a roll of duct tape in a nearby wooded area. The hat contained hairs that were consistent with those collected from Vickers' head. Finally, when police searched Vickers' home, they located several .22 caliber, long rifle, hollow point shells that were of the same sort as the bullet that killed Phillip Kinslow. Jason Martin, one of Vickers' co-defendants, who testified pursuant to a plea agreement, recounted how he, Vickers, and a man named Tommy Perkins decided to rob Philip Kinslow. Martin, Vickers, and Perkins went to Philip's store on at least four occasions in preparation for the robbery. During those trips, the men watched from across the street as the store closed down for the evening. The men noted what time the lights were turned off and what time Philip left to go home. During one trip to the store, the group tailed his pickup back to his home in order to discover where he lived. Martin drove Vickers and Perkins back to the Kinslow house on at least two occasions to look around. They discovered two locked gates leading up to the house, and Perkins suggested that the gates provided a good place to ambush Philip. On the day of the murder, Martin went over to Vickers' house where he observed Vickers with a .22 caliber pistol and Perkins with a .38 caliber pistol. The men went to Philip Kinslow's store to see if he had gone to withdraw money from the bank to cover weekend business. As the three men drove by the store, they saw Philip getting out of his pickup with a "big money bag" in his hands. The men then drove back to Vickers' house, where they discussed how they would rob him. The plan was for Martin to drive the getaway car and for Vickers and Perkins to rush Philip at the gate to his property, tie him up, and drive Philip's truck to a vacant lot where Martin would be waiting. Vickers and Perkins then collected toboggan hats, duct tape and a police scanner, and the men left the house. When they reached a road near the house, Vickers grabbed his .22 and the duct tape off the dash and walked with Perkins toward the Kinslows' gate. Martin then drove his pickup to the vacant lot where he was to rendezvous with Vickers and Perkins after the robbery. As Martin waited in his truck for Vickers and Perkins to return, he heard a gunshot. Martin spent the rest of the evening driving around the area, but he never saw either Vickers or Perkins. Around 8 o'clock the next morning, Perkins went to Martin's house and told him that Vickers had been shot. Perkins explained that he and Vickers had waited for Philip, and when he got out of the pickup, Perkins saw that he had a gun. Undeterred, Vickers rushed Philip and both men fired shots. Philip then got back in his truck and drove away. Perkins told Martin that he tried to help Vickers out of the area, but Vickers had been shot in the knee and could not move very quickly. Vickers then told Perkins to go find Martin and bring the truck back for him. Perkins then walked the several miles back to Vickers' house. Perkins also told his girlfriend that he and Vickers "went out to rob this guy and it didn't go the way it was supposed to." Perkins indicated that the man they had planned to rob had a gun with him. When the man got out of his truck, Vickers said something to him and the man turned to face Vickers. Vickers then asked the man "did he want to die," and both men started shooting at one another. Perkins told her that the man then jumped in his truck and drove off. Perkins suggested that the incident could have been avoided if Vickers had just "backed off" when he saw the gun, and that "[Vickers] messed things up because he was trying to be macho." Perkins was sentenced to Life in prison for capital murder and Martin received a 25 year sentence for robbery. Vickers had a lengthy criminal record. In 1967, Vickers received a 2 1/2 year sentence for a burglary conviction for which he served one year. Within two years, Vickers committed another burglary and received a 5 1/2 year sentence and served 3 years. One year later, in July of 1974, Vickers was back in prison on convictions for being a felon in possession of burglary tools, and burglary with intent to commit theft. He received a 3 year sentence and served one year. In 1983, Vickers was convicted of arson. He was sentenced to 4 years and served 2 1/2 years. Vickers also has a federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

7 posted on 12/09/2003 2:31:05 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Hillary is a TRAITOR !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/HitlerTraitor6.JPG)

What the he**, it's Christmas ! ...
http://southpark.overthelimit.com/lyrics/xmas6.htm

Christmas Time In Hell
Performed By Satan, The Dark Prince

Satan: Well I tell you what,
Maybe we'll have ourselves a little Christmas, right here.
C'mon everyone, gather `round!

String up the lights and light up the tree
We're going to make some revelry
Spirits are high, so I can tell
It's Christmas time in hell!
Demons are nicer as you pass them by
There's lots of demon toys to buy
The snow is falling and all is well
It's Christmas time in hell!
There goes Jeffery Dahmer,
With a festive Christmas ham
After he has sex with it,
He'll eat up all he can.

And there goes John F. Kennedy
Caroling with his son
Reunited for the holidays
God bless us, everyone!
Everybody has a happy glow
Let's dance in blood and pretend its snow
Even Mao Tse-Tung is under the spell
It's Christmas time in hell!
Adolf, here's a present for you.
Hitler: Oh? O Tannenbaum!
Satan: Yes, O Tannenbaum!
God cast me down from Heaven's door
To rule in hell for evermore
But now I'm kinda glad that I fell
'Cause It's Christmas time in hell!
Here's a rack to hang the stockings on
We still have to shop for Genghis Kahn!
Michael Landon's hair looks swell!
It's Christmas time in hell!
There's Princess Diana
Holding burning mistletoe
Over poor Gene Siskel's head
Just watch his weenie grow!
For one day we all stop burning
And the flames are not so thick
All the screaming and the torture stops
As we wait for old Saint Nick!
So string up the lights and light up the tree
We're damned for all eternity
But for just one day all is well
It's Christmas time in hell!
We've got to toast together, and make it quick!
We've gotta make room for Andy Dick.
Wake his mother and ring the bell

It's Christmas time...
(Christmas time... Christmas time... Christmas time...)
Christmas time...
(Christmas time... Christmas time... Christmas time...)
It's Christmas time in hell!
Merry Christmas Rooming House!

9 posted on 12/09/2003 2:44:35 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Hillary is a TRAITOR !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/HitlerTraitor6.JPG)

Just three? Come on - If they can do 500 flue shots at your local grocery store in 2 hours I'd think the State of Texas could clean out their Death Row in an afternoon.

12 posted on 12/09/2003 3:02:07 PM PST by azcap

Kevin Lee Zimmerman .. This link is to a long story about him and the efforts to get him freed of the capital murder conviction.....

This dude was originally charged with murder, not capital murder. He couldn't stand success and kept teasing the court and proscecutor to charge him with capital murder.... He included claims he robbed his victim, Gilbert Hooks which elevated the murder to capital murder status. The Prosecutor recharged him then with capital murder to which he was convicted.

15 posted on 12/09/2003 3:14:14 PM PST by deport

When GWB was governor of Texas, the Liberals blamed him for the high number of executions, but the state seems to be doing just fine without him!

16 posted on 12/09/2003 3:43:31 PM PST by Spok

So far, 24 disgusting, rotten, evil, dangerous perps that will no longer be able to hurt anyone!!

Thanks Texas!!

20 posted on 12/09/2003 8:05:02 PM PST by technomage

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794

Date of scheduled execution	State	Victim name	Inmate name	Status
December 9, 2003	Texas	Phillip Kinslow, 50	Billy Vickers	pending
In the spring of 1993, fifty-year-old Phillip Kinslow ran a small combination gas station/grocery store in Arthur City, Texas, the Arthur City Suprette. Philip would bring home the day's receipts in a satchel-type bag after he closed for the evening and openly carried a loaded revolver to protect the large sums of money that he transported between his store and his rural Lamar County home. On the evening of March 12, 1993, as Philip's wife, Dania, awaited the arrival of her husband, she heard what sounded like "rapid gun fire" coming from the area in front of her home. She watched as her husband drove his truck toward the house, veered off the road, and crashed into a tree. Philip's family found him slumped in the seat with what proved to be a fatal gunshot wound to his chest. Inside the truck, the family found Philip's money bag and his handgun, which had recently been fired and contained six spent .38 caliber shells. The medical examiner subsequently confirmed that he had been shot once in his chest and twice in his right arm. A .22 caliber bullet that had lodged in his spine was recovered during the autopsy. Approximately twenty-two hours after the shooting, the police received a report of a suspicious person about two miles from the Kinslow residence. Upon arrival, officers found Billy Frank Vickers walking with the help of some makeshift crutches constructed out of tree branches because he had been shot twice in his left leg. A bullet recovered from Vickers' knee was confirmed to have been fired from Philip's .38 caliber handgun. Investigators also discovered that a shoe print found near the Kinslows' gate was made by the same size, brand, and style of shoe that Vickers was wearing when he was found. The police also located a toboggan hat and a roll of duct tape in a nearby wooded area. The hat contained hairs that were consistent with those collected from Vickers' head. Finally, when police searched Vickers' home, they located several .22 caliber, long rifle, hollow point shells that were of the same sort as the bullet that killed Phillip Kinslow. Jason Martin, one of Vickers' co-defendants, who testified pursuant to a plea agreement, recounted how he, Vickers, and a man named Tommy Perkins decided to rob Philip Kinslow. Martin, Vickers, and Perkins went to Philip's store on at least four occasions in preparation for the robbery. During those trips, the men watched from across the street as the store closed down for the evening. The men noted what time the lights were turned off and what time Philip left to go home. During one trip to the store, the group tailed his pickup back to his home in order to discover where he lived. Martin drove Vickers and Perkins back to the Kinslow house on at least two occasions to look around. They discovered two locked gates leading up to the house, and Perkins suggested that the gates provided a good place to ambush Philip. On the day of the murder, Martin went over to Vickers' house where he observed Vickers with a .22 caliber pistol and Perkins with a .38 caliber pistol. The men went to Philip Kinslow's store to see if he had gone to withdraw money from the bank to cover weekend business. As the three men drove by the store, they saw Philip getting out of his pickup with a "big money bag" in his hands. The men then drove back to Vickers' house, where they discussed how they would rob him. The plan was for Martin to drive the getaway car and for Vickers and Perkins to rush Philip at the gate to his property, tie him up, and drive Philip's truck to a vacant lot where Martin would be waiting. Vickers and Perkins then collected toboggan hats, duct tape and a police scanner, and the men left the house. When they reached a road near the house, Vickers grabbed his .22 and the duct tape off the dash and walked with Perkins toward the Kinslows' gate. Martin then drove his pickup to the vacant lot where he was to rendezvous with Vickers and Perkins after the robbery. As Martin waited in his truck for Vickers and Perkins to return, he heard a gunshot. Martin spent the rest of the evening driving around the area, but he never saw either Vickers or Perkins. Around 8 o'clock the next morning, Perkins went to Martin's house and told him that Vickers had been shot. Perkins explained that he and Vickers had waited for Philip, and when he got out of the pickup, Perkins saw that he had a gun. Undeterred, Vickers rushed Philip and both men fired shots. Philip then got back in his truck and drove away. Perkins told Martin that he tried to help Vickers out of the area, but Vickers had been shot in the knee and could not move very quickly. Vickers then told Perkins to go find Martin and bring the truck back for him. Perkins then walked the several miles back to Vickers' house. Perkins also told his girlfriend that he and Vickers "went out to rob this guy and it didn't go the way it was supposed to." Perkins indicated that the man they had planned to rob had a gun with him. When the man got out of his truck, Vickers said something to him and the man turned to face Vickers. Vickers then asked the man "did he want to die," and both men started shooting at one another. Perkins told her that the man then jumped in his truck and drove off. Perkins suggested that the incident could have been avoided if Vickers had just "backed off" when he saw the gun, and that "[Vickers] messed things up because he was trying to be macho." Perkins was sentenced to Life in prison for capital murder and Martin received a 25 year sentence for robbery. Vickers had a lengthy criminal record. In 1967, Vickers received a 2 1/2 year sentence for a burglary conviction for which he served one year. Within two years, Vickers committed another burglary and received a 5 1/2 year sentence and served 3 years. One year later, in July of 1974, Vickers was back in prison on convictions for being a felon in possession of burglary tools, and burglary with intent to commit theft. He received a 3 year sentence and served one year. In 1983, Vickers was convicted of arson. He was sentenced to 4 years and served 2 1/2 years. Vickers also has a federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.