Earlier this evening Kevin Lee Zimmerman became the 3rd man to be MURDERED by the state of TEXAS this year.
May God Bless Kevin & his family & friends ... I hope they are all remembered in your prayers, thoughts, meditations, etc.

Here is an excerpt from the Associated Press -
Inmate Who Got Reprieve in Dec. Executed
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, AP


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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man convicted of murder in the 1987 stabbing of an oilfield worker was executed Wednesday after telling the victim's family: "In the name of Jesus, I'm so sorry for the pain I've caused y'all."

Kevin Lee Zimmerman's execution came six weeks after he made a similar trip to the death chamber only to have his life spared with 20 minutes left.

Zimmerman's lawyers had filed a lawsuit contending the combination of drugs used in the execution contributes to unconstitutional pain and suffering. The Supreme Court halted his punishment Dec. 10 but rejected an appeal five days later, clearing the way for the new execution date.

After expressing love to relatives and friends Wednesday, Zimmerman looked at five members of victim Leslie Gilbert Hooks Jr.'s family and asked for their forgiveness.

Zimmerman began praying and was stopped in mid-sentence as the injection of drugs took effect. He was pronounced dead 10 minutes later.

"I think if he would have felt back then the way he felt now, he never would have done it," KaTreena Reed, 18, said after watching her father's killer die. "I really didn't expect him to apologize, but I'm glad he did."

Zimmerman, 42, was convicted of robbing and stabbing Hooks 31 times at a Beaumont hotel.

01/21/04 21:09 EST

In a prepared statement, Zimmerman said his December ordeal "was a
spiritual and emotional drain" and asked that "those who have the power to
act" pass a law that bars setting execution dates until all appeals have
been exhausted.

"It is not fair for an inmate's life to be toyed with by the justice
system," he said. "It is not fair nor is it responsible for the states to
allow victim's families to be put through the same cruel stress again and
again."

He described himself as a born-again Christian who confessed his sins and
repented.

Zimmerman, 42, had expressed disappointment after a U.S. Supreme Court
order Dec. 10 halted his punishment for the robbery and murder of the
33-year-old Louisiana oilfield worker who was stabbed 31 times.

"I was ready to go," he said then, complaining the reprieve meant "18 more
months of this crap."

Arriving Wednesday at the death house, his attitude remained much the
same.

"After 16 years, another stay is just more time," he said, saying he was
not seeking a reprieve but wouldn't order attorneys to halt appeals
because he was leaving it to "the will of God."

Zimmerman becomes the 3rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas and the 316th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on
December 7, 1982. Another lethal injection is set for next week, 1 of at least 9 scheduled for the 1st quarter of the year in the nation's most active death penalty state.

Zimmerman becomes the 7th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 892nd overall since America resumed executions on January 17, 1977.

(sources: Associated Press & Rick Halperin)

:(

at 5am cali time this morning. i remembered that they planned on murdering him. :mad: so i said a quick prayer for him b4 i went to bed...even though i was a few hours later. RIP.

Thank you for posting this. May God grant him rest. May his family be consoled by God's loving presence.

:( :( my thoughts go out to his family and friends.

I hope he has peace :(

I'm so sad, my thoughts and prayers goes for his family and friends :(

I Pray He Was At Peace And Stays At Peace With God.rip Kevin