John William King put to death as Texas executes another killer of James Byrd Jr.
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 2019.
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.
