Does this man go to church every Sunday? If so, he is totally missing the concept. The 2 basic rules of an Christiany Church are to "Do unto others and you would have them do unto you", and "Love they neighbors as thyself"
Would he do this to his grandchildrens pets? Would he want anyone else to do it to his grandchildrens pets? My guess the answer would be "no", so that makes him a really nasty person.
It's the cat owners responsibility to protect their cats. Cats do very well on leashes and covered cats pens are not impossible to do. But, this man handled it all wrong. He could have told the neighbors what he was going to do, so they had a chance to protect their cats first. One of my pet peeves is people dumping unwanted animals out in the country, thinking they can fend for themselves. IT IS NOT TRUE. A tame cat has a hard time adjusting when it didn't learn to hunt at an early age. That, and as a person who lives in the country, we cannot absorb all of the pets people drop off. What this man is basically doing is removing his "problem" and giving it to someone else to deal with.
John Quintanilla, Jr.—Latino, age 25 Sentenced to death in Victoria County, Texas By: A jury Date of crime: 11/24/02
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Quintanilla and another masked gunman robbed a small gambling parlor. One of the patrons, Victor Billings, approached Quintanilla, apparently to protect his wife Linda. Billings grabbed the barrel of the Quintanilla’s rifle. Quintanilla shot him three times, and fired at least three other shots, as well, injuring a couple of other patrons. Quintanilla was linked to a series of other armed robberies in the area in the same time span. Quintanilla had a substantial criminal record. While in jail awaiting trial on this charge, he made two “shanks” (knives) and attacked a guard in an escape attempt. Quintanilla confessed to the murder of Billings, but the defense tried to plant doubt that he was really the robber, suggesting that he was taking the blame for the husband of a relative. At the penalty phase, Quintanilla refused to permit his lawyers to present any evidence.
The prosecution spoke of a "moment of truth" in which a robber became a murderer while a defense attorney said it has yet to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that his client fired the fatal shots as lawyers squared off in the opening arguments of the capital murder trial of John Quintanilla Jr. on Tuesday in Victoria.
Quintanilla, 27, is charged with the Nov. 24, 2002, shooting death of 60-year-old Victor Billings, a former Jackson County deputy and Edna resident, during the robbery of Action Amusement Center at 3805 N. John Stockbauer Drive in Victoria. District Attorney Dexter Eaves is seeking the death penalty.
"That moment of truth is when everything somebody believes in crystallizes and they realize that it is not going according to plan," Eaves told the jury of 5 women and 7 men.
Quintanilla and his partner had a plan for the robbery at the amusement center, Eaves said. "His intent was to go in, steal money, rob them and leave."
It was while one of the men was inside the office and Quintanilla was standing in the customer area of the business that Billings approached Quintanilla, Eaves said. "Right next to where the clerk was being robbed was (Billings') wife."
Billings grabbed the barrel of the rifle and pulled the muzzle against his chest "so that no one else would be shot," Eaves said.
Quintanilla fired the 9mm carbine rifle 3 times, he said.
Eaves said it was during that second before the sound of the 1st bullet echoed through the building that Quintanilla had his moment of truth.
"What are you willing to live for and what are you willing to die for?" Eaves said. "I believe the evidence will show you that John Quintanilla for $2,000 was willing to take anybody's life....
Eaves added that right after shooting Billings, Quintanilla noticed two other customers trying to leave through the front door. "He aims and fires at the doorway, head high," Eaves said.
"While Victor Billings was laying on his face trying to get his last breath, police were outside trying to secure the scene so that EMS did not get shot," said Eaves.
Jennifer, are you kidding? No one confesses to a murder they didn't commit. Police do not threaten to kill a family member. People have lawyers for that kind of thing. There were eye witnesses and I'm betting that you weren't one of them, right? More than likely you were told a bunch of bull and were ignorant enough to believe it.
*ding, ding, ding, ding* Congratulations! You did exactly what I thought you were going to do. Now that you got that grand "revelation" out of your system, try to figure out who I come back as next. I'll be waiting and watching. *grin* You're not the only one that knows how to play games.
All of this holier-than-thou attitude coming from someone who had how many aliases before you finally printed your name? And, sometimes more than one at a time. I never just quit, I just couldn't stomach a stalker anymore, and a lunatic stalker at that. I feel that coming on again, so tootaloo.
fanatical as ever. You take this stuff way too seriously. LOL You actually keep files of posters??? LOL LOL LOL
What you don't get is that I'm the only one that gives you the time of day. Have you noticed that? Now if you want to go all psycho again, I'll do the same thing I did last time. Your choice.
It's also following a husbands wishes. He told me NOT to identify myself anywhere on the net and, as a good wife, I'm respecting his wishes. I used to go by Suzy and that was a name of a childhood friend, not mine.
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Does this man go to church every Sunday? If so, he is totally missing the concept.
The 2 basic rules of an Christiany Church are to "Do unto others and you would have them do unto you", and "Love they neighbors as thyself"
Would he do this to his grandchildrens pets? Would he want anyone else to do it to his grandchildrens pets?
My guess the answer would be "no", so that makes him a really nasty person.
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It's the cat owners responsibility to protect their cats. Cats do very well on leashes and covered cats pens are not impossible to do.
But, this man handled it all wrong. He could have told the neighbors what he was going to do, so they had a chance to protect their cats first.
One of my pet peeves is people dumping unwanted animals out in the country, thinking they can fend for themselves. IT IS NOT TRUE. A tame cat has a hard time adjusting when it didn't learn to hunt at an early age. That, and as a person who lives in the country, we cannot absorb all of the pets people drop off. What this man is basically doing is removing his "problem" and giving it to someone else to deal with.
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And the plot thickens....
John Quintanilla, Jr.—Latino, age 25
Sentenced to death in Victoria County, Texas
By: A jury
Date of crime: 11/24/02
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Quintanilla and another masked gunman robbed a small gambling parlor. One of the patrons, Victor Billings, approached Quintanilla, apparently to protect his wife Linda. Billings grabbed the barrel of the Quintanilla’s rifle. Quintanilla shot him three times, and fired at least three other shots, as well, injuring a couple of other patrons. Quintanilla was linked to a series of other armed robberies in the area in the same time span. Quintanilla had a substantial criminal record. While in jail awaiting trial on this charge, he made two “shanks” (knives) and attacked a guard in an escape attempt. Quintanilla confessed to the murder of Billings, but the defense tried to plant doubt that he was really the robber, suggesting that he was taking the blame for the husband of a relative. At the penalty phase, Quintanilla refused to permit his lawyers to present any evidence.
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Maybe a refresher course is in order.
The prosecution spoke of a "moment of truth" in which a robber became a
murderer while a defense attorney said it has yet to be proven beyond a
reasonable doubt that his client fired the fatal shots as lawyers squared
off in the opening arguments of the capital murder trial of John
Quintanilla Jr. on Tuesday in Victoria.
Quintanilla, 27, is charged with the Nov. 24, 2002, shooting death of
60-year-old Victor Billings, a former Jackson County deputy and Edna
resident, during the robbery of Action Amusement Center at 3805 N. John
Stockbauer Drive in Victoria. District Attorney Dexter Eaves is seeking
the death penalty.
"That moment of truth is when everything somebody believes in crystallizes
and they realize that it is not going according to plan," Eaves told the
jury of 5 women and 7 men.
Quintanilla and his partner had a plan for the robbery at the amusement
center, Eaves said. "His intent was to go in, steal money, rob them and
leave."
It was while one of the men was inside the office and Quintanilla was
standing in the customer area of the business that Billings approached
Quintanilla, Eaves said. "Right next to where the clerk was being robbed
was (Billings') wife."
Billings grabbed the barrel of the rifle and pulled the muzzle against his
chest "so that no one else would be shot," Eaves said.
Quintanilla fired the 9mm carbine rifle 3 times, he said.
Eaves said it was during that second before the sound of the 1st bullet
echoed through the building that Quintanilla had his moment of truth.
"What are you willing to live for and what are you willing to die for?"
Eaves said. "I believe the evidence will show you that John Quintanilla
for $2,000 was willing to take anybody's life....
Eaves added that right after shooting Billings, Quintanilla noticed two
other customers trying to leave through the front door. "He aims and fires
at the doorway, head high," Eaves said.
"While Victor Billings was laying on his face trying to get his last
breath, police were outside trying to secure the scene so that EMS did not
get shot," said Eaves.
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Jennifer, are you kidding? No one confesses to a murder they didn't commit. Police do not threaten to kill a family member. People have lawyers for that kind of thing. There were eye witnesses and I'm betting that you weren't one of them, right?
More than likely you were told a bunch of bull and were ignorant enough to believe it.
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*ding, ding, ding, ding*
Congratulations! You did exactly what I thought you were going to do. Now that you got that grand "revelation" out of your system, try to figure out who I come back as next. I'll be waiting and watching. *grin*
You're not the only one that knows how to play games.
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All of this holier-than-thou attitude coming from someone who had how many aliases before you finally printed your name? And, sometimes more than one at a time.
I never just quit, I just couldn't stomach a stalker anymore, and a lunatic stalker at that. I feel that coming on again, so tootaloo.
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fanatical as ever. You take this stuff way too seriously. LOL
You actually keep files of posters??? LOL LOL LOL
What you don't get is that I'm the only one that gives you the time of day. Have you noticed that? Now if you want to go all psycho again, I'll do the same thing I did last time. Your choice.
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HUH? Where did that come from. We were discussing anonymous posters.
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It's also following a husbands wishes. He told me NOT to identify myself anywhere on the net and, as a good wife, I'm respecting his wishes.
I used to go by Suzy and that was a name of a childhood friend, not mine.
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