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 states death chamber in Huntsville, came after the United States Supreme Court turned down Mr. Kings 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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Great idea for a burial plot, the city dump.
I remember when they did that.
Somebody shouldve just shot the POS instead of paying to keep it alive.
Rot in H££ SCUMBAG !!!!
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. We’re all white nationalist, white supremacist racists, who want to re-enslave all blacks. Enough of this virtue signalling. We all know it’s not what we really feel. They say so on The View, so it must be so. Let’s build a statue in this poor man’s honor—over his grave at the city dump.
A more fitting death penalty would have had him dragged to death behind a pickup. So he got off easy.
Democrats have a lock on the dead vote!!!!
Outstanding! Reminds me of one of my favorite lines by Ron White: “if you come to Texas and kill somebody,we will kill you back! That’s our policy.”
Somehow I doubt that Mr King was ever mistaken for a rocket scientist.
1) Nobody deserves to be raped. Not even criminals.
2) Prison is supposed to be a punishment, not a playground for violent sodomite perverts.
The Death Penalty in Texas is not a threat or deterrent, it's justice. We'll kill you back.
What I don’t like is the actual driver getting just life in prison... while the other 2 got executed. I’m not saying the other 2 should not have been executed but rather all 3 should have gotten executed.
Bernie Sanders was counting on his vote.
Don’t worry.....he’ll still get it!!!!
21 years later...it’s about time!
My brother is in Jasper right now headed to Sam Rayburn for a Bass Tournament ..... he said it was not only dangerous but allegedly in poor taste too drag your boat trailer safety chains thru town .....
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