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Texas executes white supremacist convicted in gruesome 1998 hate crime
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:05 am
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:05 am
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A killer in one of the most gruesome hate crimes in modern U.S. history was executed Wednesday by lethal injection in Texas.
John William King, 44, was pronounced dead shortly after 7 p.m. local time in a Hunstville prison after murdering James Byrd, Jr., two decades ago in Jasper, Texas.
King and two other white men were convicted of murdering Byrd in the early morning hours of June 7, 1998. They beat Byrd, 49, chained him to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him for three miles down a logging road in Japser County, tearing his body apart.
Prosecutors said Byrd was targeted because he was black. King, a white supremacist who orchestrated the attack, is the second man to be executed in the case. Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed in 2011 while Shawn Allen Berry was sentenced to life in prison.
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The Supreme Court refused a last-day appeal from King shortly before his execution. Prison officials said he was stoic as he awaited the lethal injection, which two of Byrd's sisters and a niece witnessed.
One of Byrd's sisters, Clara Byrd Taylor, said the execution was a necessary step in the saga of her brother's murder.
“It’s a very, very sad time,” Taylor, 71, said before the execution. “You don’t feel any satisfaction in observing this but it is absolutely necessary to send a message: Hate crimes – especially this type of savagery – will not be tolerated in our society.”
The murder rocked the city of Japser, a city of 7,600 people about 140 miles northeast of Houston, and drew international and national attention.
Texas and federal hate crime legislation are named in memory of Byrd. The family also created the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing, which still raises money for diversity training and scholarships today.
The execution may not bring closure for the city's community, said Mia Moody-Ramirez, a Baylor University professor and researcher who has studied the impact of Byrd's murder on Jasper.
"They might say, 'OK, this person has been executed, we could move on,'" she said before the execution. "But people won’t ever forget."
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:07 am to TechDawg2007
What the frick took so long to execute him?
Terrible POS should never had spent more than one day alive after his conviction, let along 2 decades.
Terrible POS should never had spent more than one day alive after his conviction, let along 2 decades.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:08 am to TechDawg2007
its crazy how long these people are allowed to live before their debt is paid to society. 20 freakin years.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:08 am to TechDawg2007
About time. 20 years was a waste of time on that a-hole.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:08 am to TechDawg2007
"When do we kill the millions more just like him?"
- CNN
- CNN
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:09 am to TechDawg2007
I remember when that happened, that SOB should have been put out of our misery on the spot. Despicable.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:10 am to TechDawg2007
I's cases like this that leave the door open for me to consider the death penalty. I have no issue with putting that fricker to death.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:10 am to TechDawg2007
Does that mean the NAACP can stop fricking whining about how the condemned didn’t get “hate crime” convictions on top of a capital murder conviction?
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:10 am to BamaFan89
Nevermind, i am
This post was edited on 4/25/19 at 11:12 am
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:10 am to TechDawg2007
Should’ve dragged his arse behind a truck for his execution.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:11 am to teke184
The term ‘Hate Crime’ shouldn’t exist in our legal system
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:11 am to fightin tigers
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Hopefully you are just bad at reading comprehension
The article states he murdered the guy in cold blood because he was black. What am I missing here?
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:11 am to TechDawg2007
Good. But sucks for Bernie he lost a vote
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:12 am to East Coast Band
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What the frick took so long to execute him?
death row and the appeals process are a joke
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:12 am to TechDawg2007
See that's when the words "Hate Crime" actually meant something. Today it's a guy pretending to get beat up or a poop swastika. These assholes deserve much worse than the humane execution they get.
These fricks should also get drub behind a truck, just slower and over broken glass with a land mine of a rat trap every few feet
These fricks should also get drub behind a truck, just slower and over broken glass with a land mine of a rat trap every few feet
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:12 am to BamaFan89
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The article states he murdered the guy in cold blood because he was black. What am I missing here?
You aren't. I'm an idiot.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 11:12 am to BamaFan89
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I’d prefer that he didn’t, frick him.
Definitely one of the most heinous crimes I've heard of.
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