Racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in recent US history is set to be executed Wednesday for murder of James Byrd Jr. in 1998.
John William King is escorted into the Jasper County Courthouse for his murder trial in Texas on Feb. 24, 1999.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A man who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was set to be executed Wednesday for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. nearly 21 years ago.
The hate crime put a national spotlight on Jasper, a town of about 7,600 residents near the Texas-Louisiana border that was branded with a racist stigma it has tried to shake off ever since. Local officials say the reputation is undeserved. Over the years, King has also suggested the brutal slaying was not a hate crime, but a drug deal gone bad involving his co-defendants.
In a 2001 interview with the AP, King said he was an"avowed racist" but wasn't"a hate-monger murderer." Harris said she doesn't expect King to be remorseful. Brewer said nothing to Byrd's family before he was put to death. "He played us like a fiddle, getting us to go over there and thinking we're going to get the rest of the story," said Rowles, now the sheriff of neighboring Newton County.
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