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Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd
NY Times ^ | 04-24-2019 | Campbell Robertson

Posted on 04/24/2019 7:10:03 PM PDT by NRx

John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality in the small town of Jasper, was put to death by the State of Texas on Wednesday night with a dose of pentobarbital.

The execution, carried out at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, came after the United States Supreme Court turned down Mr. King’s last petition for a stay. He was pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m., said Jeremy Desel, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Mr. King kept his eyes closed as witnesses arrived to the execution chamber on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. When the prison warden, Bill Lewis, asked him if he had any final words, Mr. King said, “No.”

Mr. King made a final statement issued in writing, Mr. Desel said. “Capital Punishment: Them without the capital get the punishment,” it said.

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Texas- taking out the trash.
1 posted on 04/24/2019 7:10:03 PM PDT by NRx
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I wonder if the typical people who oppose the Death Penalty decided to take the day off?


2 posted on 04/24/2019 7:12:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Too bad it took over twenty years to carry out the death sentence.


3 posted on 04/24/2019 7:12:09 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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Too bad it took over twenty years to carry out the death sentence.


4 posted on 04/24/2019 7:12:09 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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“Them without the capital get the punishment,”

Like this piece of crap didn’t have well over a million dollars expended on his worthless ass by the taxpayers of Texas.

Good bye and good riddance.

L


5 posted on 04/24/2019 7:12:10 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: NRx

Next!


6 posted on 04/24/2019 7:12:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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And just think Bernie would let this guy who dragged a man behind his truck until he died vote.

I am glad he was executed and hope he burns in hell.


7 posted on 04/24/2019 7:13:22 PM PDT by funfan
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Took 19 years too long....

WHY?!!?!?!

8 posted on 04/24/2019 7:13:36 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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Is it racist that they did not execute him for racism instead?
9 posted on 04/24/2019 7:14:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Hell has been kept waiting for that murderous creep for two decades.


10 posted on 04/24/2019 7:15:18 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: funfan

No worries, Bernie et al, will make sure he still gets to vote, post mortem.


11 posted on 04/24/2019 7:16:36 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Lurker
The lawyer...mill.

They are all in it....LIC..

Lawyer Industrial Complex....

No wonder most in D.C. are lawyers..

12 posted on 04/24/2019 7:16:44 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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Were all the lefty anti capital punishment protestors outside the prison as usual decrying the use of the this racist tool of oppression, as usual?

Yeah I didn’t think so.


13 posted on 04/24/2019 7:17:13 PM PDT by Freedumb
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Prison gardens need mulch. Grind him up.


14 posted on 04/24/2019 7:18:30 PM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: NRx

About damn time


15 posted on 04/24/2019 7:19:09 PM PDT by panzerkamphwageneinz
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“Them without the capital get the punishment,”

He's not wrong, though. Think anyone will ever pay for the murder of Seth Rich?

16 posted on 04/24/2019 7:20:17 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady ( Political correctness forbids discussing any negative outcomes of Left-wing ideology. -PMcL)
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but no hate crime legislation .


17 posted on 04/24/2019 7:20:26 PM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: A_perfect_lady

“Think anyone will ever pay for the murder of Seth Rich?”

In this life or the next?

L


18 posted on 04/24/2019 7:21:48 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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“Capital Punishment: Them without the capital get the punishment,”

Spoken like a true leftist.


19 posted on 04/24/2019 7:23:24 PM PDT by libh8er
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Deserves being drawn and quartered


20 posted on 04/24/2019 7:25:59 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
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