An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man.
John William King was executed for the infamous dragging death nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., a black man from east Texas. was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man.
Within seconds, the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began taking effect. He took a few barely audible breaths and had no other movement. He was pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m. Central time, 12 minutes after the drug began. "The execution for his crime was just punishment," she said."I felt nothing — no sense of relief, no sense of happy this is over with."
King's appellate lawyers had tried to stop his execution, arguing King's constitutional rights were violated because his trial attorneys didn't present his claims of innocence and conceded his guilt."From the time of indictment through his trial, Mr. King maintained his absolute innocence, claiming that he had left his co-defendants and Mr. Byrd sometime prior to his death and was not present at the scene of his murder. Mr.
In a 2001 interview with the AP, King said he was an"avowed racist" but wasn't"a hate-monger murderer."
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