babzo:
America. A land of law and order.
A land where everyone is answerable to the law.
A land where EVERY crime is investigated.
A land where EVERY criminal knows that he can never be 100% sure of getting away with his crime.

America is not perfect, but it is the shining example for the world today.

When your mumu go do?

The verdict on this case is more an exception than the norm.

Read about the death of Latasha Harlins


There are so many instances of unarmed blacks getting brutally murdered in the US and the murderers don’t ever go to jail because they claimed self defense...

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AdaNri1:
This should be introduced in Nigeria against tribalism.

Look at this uneducated afonja
I laugh

SimplePlan34:
He should have committed suicide

may be the guy have cancer so he was about to die he was only save

Edagentle:
It took over 20yrs to finally pronounce judgement.

That's because they have law and obey it. He kept on appealing and if someone is doing that you can't execute the person till his appeal finish

TwoBottles:
That's how things are done.

Exactly

in naija this individual will be given national merit award, traditional titles, political position s even worshipped.

Important Question: who invented the black and white dichotomy? On what features did he/they based their claim?

HitSong:
People should please stop this rubbish black and white thing!
This is 21st century and the colors of our skins as we can see now is NOT BLACK.

And I have never seen a white skinned colour person too before.

What we have now is different shades of brown and pale skins.

The murder happened 21 years Ago.

babzo:
America. A land of law and order.
A land where everyone is answerable to the law.
A land where EVERY crime is investigated.
A land where EVERY criminal knows that he can never be 100% sure of getting away with his crime.

America is not perfect, but it is the shining example for the world today.

in naija it is opposite, you will find serial killers strolling all over the place with shoulders held high!

Richdad50:
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dem don ban u abi ...lol

HitSong:
People should please stop this rubbish black and white thing!
This is 21st century and the colors of our skins as we can see now is NOT BLACK.

And I have never seen a white skinned colour person too before.

What we have now is different shades of brown and pale skins.

So your point now exactly is...?

Justice shouldn't have been served?

gypsey:
The murder happened 21 years Ago.

Doesn't matter if it happened yesterday.

HitSong:
People should please stop this rubbish black and white thing!
This is 21st century and the colors of our skins as we can see now is NOT BLACK.

And I have never seen a white skinned colour person too before.

What we have now is different shades of brown and pale skins.

Thats not the point.

Dirty Moors invented White Supremacy to hide behind the beast and rule the world of original indigenous people

nedu2000:
Thats not the point.

Who cares
That's all I have to say.

hotdogmeal:
good for him. he should also have had his entire family executed along with him. rubbish

What if his sister is fine, we should spare her at least ...

What a way to die. Sends chiills down my spine

Vellichor:
One of three men convicted for the murder in 1998 of James Byrd Jr, one of modern America's worst hate crimes, has been executed in Texas.
Byrd, a black man, was beaten, chained to a truck and dragged for miles by three white men. His murder prompted Congress to pass hate crime legislation in 2009. John William King, 44, an avowed white supremacist, is the second man to be executed over the killing. He had filed multiple appeals in the case.


John William King seen escorted into the Jasper County Courthouse in 1999

Prosecutors depicted King, a self-professed racist with a criminal record, as the ringleader of the group of men who attacked Byrd.
Lawrence Russell Brewer, the other white supremacist who took part in Byrd's killing, was executed in 2011, although King had been sentenced earlier.

The third man, Shawn Allen Berry, was spared the death sentence and is serving a life term as he did not share the white supremacist beliefs of Brewer and King. He will be up for parole in 2038, US media report.

In the early hours of 7 June 1998, in Jasper, Texas, Byrd, 49, encountered Brewer, King and Berry on the way home from a party.
The three men assaulted Byrd, then chained him by his ankles to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him for several miles until he was dismembered.

Police found parts of Byrd's body in front of a black church just outside the city; the rest was located over a mile away.
Authorities followed a blood trail of evidence - including a lighter engraved with "KKK" and King's nickname, Possum - placing the three men at the scene of the crime.

During King's trial, prosecutors showed evidence detailing his hatred of black people, including a letter he attempted to send Brewer in jail glorifying their murder, US media reported.

"Regardless of the outcome of this, we have made history and shall die proudly remembered if need be... Much Aryan love, respect, and honour, my brother in arms."

King had spoken of starting a race war and of initiating members of a white supremacist gang he belonged to by having them kidnap and murder black people, court documents showed. He was convicted by a jury that deliberated for just over two hours. The case sparked nationwide horror and outrage, and in 2001, Texas passed the James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Act to toughen punishments for such crimes.

Congress followed, enacting the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 to strengthen laws against crimes motivated by a person's race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or national origin.

King has repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to appeal his case at the state and federal level. He has maintained he is innocent, blaming Berry alone for the murder, and arguing that his lawyers did not properly defend him. Jasper's former sheriff, Billy Rowles, told KFDM News that King's execution would finally provide closure for the community.

"It's time... Most of the people in Jasper will believe this is the end of it."

Louvon Harris with a photo of her brother James Byrd Jr., who was murdered by white supremacists in 1998.

On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole voted unanimously to deny King a commutation or a 120-day reprieve.

Last October, the US Supreme Court declined to take up his appeal.

King was pronounced dead on Wednesday, April 24 at 19:08 local time (23:08 GMT) at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville.


SOURCES
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/us/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king.html

Such handsome Whiteman committing such a heinous crime.

Imagine chaining a human being and dragging through miles of distances.

U wonder what he will tell his creator when his case is opened on the judgement day.

The white fellow that he exhausted his bastard energy to protect their interest did not save him from the long arm of justice.

[quote author=gypsey post=77853666] The murder happened 21 years Ago. [/quote THAT DOES NOT INVALIDATE HIS POINT

SimplePlan34:
He should have committed suicide

Contrary to what many say, cowards cannot commit suicide.

HitSong:
People should please stop this rubbish black and white thing!
This is 21st century and the colors of our skins as we can see now is NOT BLACK.

And I have never seen a white skinned colour person too before.

What we have now is different shades of brown and pale skins.
I don't have problems with black colour though but I find it offensive if I'm called black because THE COLOUR OF MY SKIN IS NOT!

I'm not sure if you follow football at all but if you do,you might recall that salah a Liverpool player of African descent was recently racially abused by a section of the Chelsea fans, it doesn't matter the skin color you have,I'm sure you're not fairer than salah unless you are an albino,as long as you are an African or got the blood of an African,you're subjected to monkey chants and racial abuse

babzo:
America. A land of law and order.
A land where everyone is answerable to the law.
A land where EVERY crime is investigated.
A land where EVERY criminal knows that he can never be 100% sure of getting away with his crime.

America is not perfect, but it is the shining example for the world today.

I don't quite agree,the Dems are making America a living hell,imagine legalizing abortions in the States they control and a host of other shameful laws,Trump may not be perfect but he's keeping them in check,if not for him and God, morality as we know it may not be the same again

Servers the b@stard well. I hope he enjoyed the injection.

AdaNri1:
This should be introduced in Nigeria against tribalism.

It won't work! It will be subjected to bias. Baby girl, Tribalism will kill it!

ReeLoaDead:
What if his sister is fine, we should spare her at least ...

So someone else noticed you are a troll

We bleed the same Blood. RED

charliboy654:
2hrs, read well

from 1998 to 2019 is not 2 hours

magicminister:


When your mumu go do?

The verdict on this case is more an exception than the norm.

Read about the death of Latasha Harlins


There are so many instances of unarmed blacks getting brutally murdered in the US and the murderers don’t ever go to jail because they claimed self defense...

In the last 60 years? A human being killed in America (whether black or white) and the crime is not investigated?
With all due respect sir, thats A BIG LIE.