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  2. Murder of James Byrd Jr. - Wikipedia

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    James Byrd Jr. was born on May 2, 1949, [11] in Beaumont, Texas, [12] the third of nine children, to Stella Mae Sharp and James Byrd Sr. [13] His mother was a Sunday School teacher and his father was a deacon at the Greater New Bethel Church. Byrd graduated from Jasper Rowe High School in 1967, the last segregated class. After graduating from ...

  3. Convicted ringleader in Texas dragging death set to be executed

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    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.

  4. White supremacist executed for dragging death of black man - AOL

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    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 ...

  5. Jasper, Texas (film) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. White Supremacist Executed for 1998 Dragging Death of James ...

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  7. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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    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).

  8. Dragging death - Wikipedia

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    A dragging death is a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal, ... James Byrd Jr. (1998; Texas, US) João Hélio (2007; ...

  9. White supremacist to be executed in Texas for dragging death ...

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    John William "Bill" King, 44, is scheduled to die at 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. King along with Shawn Berry and Lawrence Brewer were ...