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Texas executes John William King in racist dragging death of James Byrd Jr.
By Jolie McCullough
Racist killer executed decades after dragging James Byrd Jr. to his death near Jasper
By Claire Cardona
John William King executed in James Byrd Jr.'s brutal dragging death
By David K. Li & Alex Johnson
Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd Jr. (Published 2019)
By Campbell Robertson
James Byrd Jr killer John William King to be executed for 1998 Texas hate crime
By Lindsey Bever & Eli Rosenberg
A second man convicted in the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr. is set to be executed this week
By Eliott C. Mclaughlin
John William King had no last words before his execution for the heinous dragging death of James Byrd Jr.
By Steve Almasy & Eliott C. Mclaughlin