James Byrd Jr was chained to the back of a truck and dragged for nearly three miles
John William King had no final words before he was executed over the death of John William King
Mr Byrd, 49, was alive for at least two miles before his body was ripped to pieces in the early morning of June 7, 1998.King, 44, who was openly racist and had offensive tattoos on his body, including one of a black man with a noose around his neck hanging from a tree, according to authorities.He was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, on Thursday.
He took a few barely audible breaths and had no other movement. He was pronounced dead at 7.08pm local time, 12 minutes after the drug began. ‘The execution for his crime was just punishment. I felt nothing – no sense of relief, no sense of happy this is over with.’
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