On Wednesday evening, John William King was executed at the Huntsville Prison in Huntsville, Texas ... a few months after Byrd. For Jasper, the reaction to the murder and trial at first tended ...

King and two other white men were convicted in the brutal East Texas murder ... evening, John William King, 44, became the second and final man to be executed in the 1998 murder case of James ...

White supremacist John William King, whose gruesome murder of James ... who is black, in Jasper, Texas. The murder shocked the nation and prompted a push to strengthen hate crime legislation.

John William King, the second person executed in the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr., was pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m. CDT on Wednesday. JASPER, TX – FEBRUARY 24: John William “Bill” King (L ...

An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man. John William King, who was white ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — John William King has been executed by the State of Texas at the Huntsville Unit. King, 44, was one of three men convicted in the brutal 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper.

Editor's note: John William King was executed Wednesday night ... 3 miles along a secluded road in the piney woods outside Jasper, Texas. The 49-year-old Byrd, who was black, was alive for ...

The man who committed one of Texas’ most heinous hate crimes is dead. Murderer John William King, convicted in the ... along an asphalt road outside Jasper, Tex., on June 7, 1998.

John William King should be ... convicted of capital murder for chaining 49-year-old Byrd to the back of a pickup and dragging him three miles down a logging road in Jasper County.

John William King, who is white and an avowed racist ... along a secluded road in the piney woods outside Jasper, Texas. The 49-year-old Byrd, who was black, was alive for at least 2 miles ...

For Jasper, the reaction to the murder and trial at first ... for that horrific violence, John William King, is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas. NPR's Wade Goodwyn covered this ...

The Supreme Court issued its ruling denying a stay of execution for John William King ... for hate crimes in Texas. King was found guilty of capital murder and was sentenced to death in ...