John William King, 44, a white supremacist who brutally murdered a black man named James Byrd, Jr. in a 1998 hate crime that horrified the nation, was executed on Wednesday night in Texas via lethal injection. When asked if he had any last words, King reportedly said “no” before receiving the injection.
“King showed no remorse then and showed no remorse tonight,” Byrd’s older sister, Clara Byrd Taylor, said in a statement. “This execution tonight was just punishment for his actions.”
King was one of three men who was arrested and...
“King showed no remorse then and showed no remorse tonight,” Byrd’s older sister, Clara Byrd Taylor, said in a statement. “This execution tonight was just punishment for his actions.”
King was one of three men who was arrested and...
- 4/25/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
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