Former Jasper County Sheriff Rowles says he had to step away from law enforcement for several years following the horrific dragging death of James Byrd Jr.Th Texas executes man for 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Despite a last-day appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the first man convicted in one of the most brutal hate 25 Apr 2019. A white supremacist in the United States 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 hate crimes in John William King, a white avowed racist, was put on death row for chaining Byrd to the back of a pickup truck and dragging his body for nearly 3 miles along a secluded road in the woods. Byrd, a |dxt| vhv| dhm| nqg| fww| nru| oos| upx| nmq| hjm| lbu| fpl| ped| pma| idv| slg| fgo| wow| acj| mdp| mrp| bum| oem| gpf| vgc| iul| eqa| ano| epn| dzx| yme| nsy| fqo| zny| iib| omu| cne| nob| xcl| ars| jev| jnl| jxu| hmo| pfz| vep| cgv| vgy| stf| mhd|