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James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an American man who was murdered by three men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for 3 miles (5 kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an asphalt road.
John William Byrd Jr. (December 18, 1963 – February 19, 2002) was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection for killing convenience store clerk Monte Tewksbury. Byrd, who protested his innocence until his execution, spent 18 years and 6 months on Ohio's death row.
John William King orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history when he and two others killed James Byrd Jr. nearly 21 years ago. Convicted ringleader in Texas dragging death ...
April 24 (Reuters) - A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious U.S. hate crimes of modern ...
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on October 22, 2009, [1] and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009, [2] as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647).
Jasper, Texas is a 2003 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd.The teleplay by Jonathan Estrin is based on a true story and focuses on the aftermath of a crime in which three white men from the small town of Jasper, Texas, killed African American James Byrd Jr. by dragging him behind their pickup truck.
Wilford Berry Jr. White 36 M February 19, 1999 Cuyahoga: Lethal injection: Charles Mitroff Bob Taft: 2 Jay D. Scott: Black 48 M June 14, 2001 Vinnie M. Price 3 John William Byrd Jr. White 38 M February 19, 2002 Hamilton: Monte Tewksbury 4 Alton Coleman: Black 46 M April 26, 2002 Tonnie Storey and Marlene Walters 5 Robert Anthony Buell: White 62 M
American Idol star Debra Byrd has died, aged 72.. Byrd was best known as a vocal coach for 10 seasons of the hit singing competition, in which helped the contestants behind-the-scenes, and also ...