R.I.H. John William King
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:24 pm
That is ROT, not rest.
John William King, ringleader in James Byrd Jr. dragging death, executed
This took way too long.
John William King, ringleader in James Byrd Jr. dragging death, executed
This took way too long.
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, who was white, received lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., who was chained to the back of a truck and dragged for nearly 3 miles (5 kilometers) along a secluded road in the piney woods outside Jasper, Texas. The 49-year-old Byrd was alive for at least 2 miles (3 kilometers) before his body was ripped to pieces in the early morning hours of June 7, 1998.