Rot In Hell: Court Denies John William King's Appeal In Dragging Death Of James Byrd Jr.

[Sugar Cookie]

A Texas man on death row for the brutal killing of James Byrd Jr. has lost his latest appeal.

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the appeal of John William King. He is on death row for his part in Byrd's death in 1998.

King argued his lawyers insufficiently presented his case.

Byrd was killed in Jasper by three white men allegedly because he was black. He was dragged to death behind a pickup truck.

Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 for his part and Shawn Berry is currently serving a life sentence.

Byrd's murder led Texas to pass its own hate crime law in 2001.

http://abc13.com/court-denies-inmates-appeal-in-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr/3136322/

Brewer-Dead, Berry-Should Be Dead, King-Hopefully Dead Soon

 

[cubby]

We don't need "men" like that walking around, I hope he is next to meet "Old Sparky"

He can dish it out but he can't take his punishment, you did it, so be a man and take what's coming to you. OH yeah, you ain't a man. You're a little dumb shit who thinks you know it all, but you don't know nothing. Guess what? They got you, boy.

 

[Sejanus]

Come on Texas, just off the last 2.
Be poetic, truck drag 'em.

 

[Ripley]

Man up, asshole.

 

[MiaBella]

He's been able to sit his ass in jail of the last 20 years and he still can't own that shit.

He just needs to die and quit wasting taxpayers money.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An avowed racist, who murdered a black man in 1998 by tying him to a truck and dragging him three miles down a Texas road, will be executed this week.

John William King, 44, who is inked in racist tattoos, orchestrated the attack on James Byrd Jr in Jasper, Texas, is slated to be put to death Wednesday.

His tattoos include a woodpecker in KKK garb, a silhouette of a black man lynched from a cross, the lightning-bolt SS of the Nazi Schutzstaffel, and the words "Aryan Pride." There also is a crest with a Confederate flag and a burning cross.

He will be the second man executed in the case.

Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed in 2011.

The third participant, Shawn Allen Berry, was sentenced to life in prison and is still serving his sentence.

In the early morning hours of June 7, 1998, three white men beat Byrd after offering him a ride.

They then chained the 49-year-old to the back of a truck and dragged his body for nearly three miles along a secluded road in the piney woods outside Jasper.

Byrd was alive for at least two miles before his body was ripped to pieces.

The 1998 death of Byrd was one of the most gruesome hate crimes in US history.

Avowed racist in 1998 murder of a black man will be executed this week

Avowed racist, John William King, 44, who murdered James Byrd Jr, 49, in 1998 by tying him to a truck and dragging him three miles down a Texas road, will be executed on Wednesday.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Convicted racist ringleader in Jasper dragging death executed

The racist man behind one of the grisliest hate crimes in recent U.S history was executed Wednesday in Huntsville for the dragging death of a black man.


The Supreme Court shot down a last-minute appeal attempt by John William King around 6:30 p.m. He died by lethal injection about forty minutes later.


It took more than two decades for the state to carry out the justice. The man who was Jasper County Sheriff at the time of the murder said the wheels of justice turn mighty slow. The family says they are grateful it is over.

Convicted racist ringleader in Jasper dragging death executed

The racist man behind one of the grisliest hate crimes in recent U.S history was executed Wednesday in Huntsville for the dragging death of a black man.

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