White supremacist executed in Texas for dragging death of black man.
John William"Bill" King, 44, was put to death by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m. at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said in a statement.
King, along with Shawn Berry and Lawrence Brewer, was accused of kidnapping Byrd while he hitchhiked in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Brewer, also a white supremacist, was executed in 2011. Berry was sentenced to life in prison for the crime.The gruesome killing spurred the passing of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, strengthening punishments for hate crimes in Texas. The murder, along with that of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten and left to die tied to a fence, was also the genesis of the federal hate crimes prevention act passed in 2009.
King's"execution tonight was just punishment for his actions," she said, noting that Byrd had three children and four grandchildren."James' legacy continues to be of peace and nonviolence."
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