Texas Execution Information Center

Execution Report: Kevin Kincy

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A jury convicted Kincy of capital murder in October or November 1993 and sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence in January 1998. All of his subsequent appeals in state and federal court were denied.

Kincy was also convicted on a federal charge of transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines.

Charlotte Marie Kincy was also charged with capital murder, but the charges were reduced to aggravated robbery in exchange for her guilty plea and promise to testify against her cousin. She was sentenced to 40 years in prison. She was not called to testify in the guilt/innocence phase of Kevin's trial. When she was called to testify in the punishment phase, she refused to testify, invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Kincy had a reputation for being a difficult, violent prisoner. He was not available for media interviews prior to his execution. State officials said that Kincy had threatened to harm the prison staff. For his transport to from death row in Livingston to Huntsville, where all Texas executions are carried out, state troopers were added to the usual prison guard escort. Officials said that there were no incidents during the transport, and Kincy was quiet in his holding cell.

On the day of his execution, Kincy was visited by his mother. It was the first time he had seen her since last summer, when, on her way out of the prison, she was arrested for having a pound of marijuana in her van.

In his last statement at his execution, Kincy thanked his friends and supporters and expressed love to his family. He then glanced briefly at Harville's relatives. The lethal injection was then started. Kincy pursed his lips into a kiss for his wife, Barbara, a Swiss woman who married him by proxy after they became pen pals via an anti-death-penalty web site. Kincy was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m.

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By David Carson. Posted on 30 March 2006.
Sources: Texas Attorney General's office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Associated Press, Huntsville Item, court documents.

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