Posted on 12/22/2018 1:48:53 PM PST by bgill
One of three men convicted in the 1998 dragging death of a Jasper man is set to be executed next spring. John William King's execution date is set for April 24, 2019 at 6 p.m., Newton County Sheriff Billy Rowles told 12News. Rowles was the sheriff in Jasper County when Byrd was tragically and brutally murdered over 20 years ago... Lawrence Russell Brewer, 44, was executed in 2011 for the crime and Shawn Berry, 42, is serving life in prison. Byrd's death sparked legislation about hate crimes in the resulting public outcry throughout the last two decades. President Barack Obama signed The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act on October 22, 2009 as part of the the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647).
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Even more eye opening is that’s Texas which isn’t afraid to flip the switch. Imagine how many years it takes for liberal states.
I remember something about that.
Gross, but it’s a mitigating factor and I’m glad you brought it back for me.
It’s taken that long? The pos deserves no mercy. I’d tie him to the back of a truck and ask him how it feels.
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