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james byrd jr. dragging death: texas to execute john william

King and two other accomplices were convicted in the murder of Taylor's, James Byrd, Jr., two decades Jasper, Texas... In the early morning hours of June 7, 1998, King and two other men beat Byrd, 49, chained him to the back of pickup truck and dragged him for three miles down Jasper..

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