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2. Murder of James Byrd Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Murder of James Byrd Jr. James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for three miles (five kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an ...

3. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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   The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on October 22, 2009, [1] and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009, [2] as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647). Conceived as a response to the murders of Matthew Shepard and ...

4. James H. Byrd Jr. Unit - Wikipedia

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   The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit (DU) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas. The 93 acres (38 ha) diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247. The prison was named after James H. Byrd, a former prison warden. [citation needed]

5. White supremacist executed for dragging death of black man - AOL

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   April 24 (Reuters) - A white supremacist 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 U.S. hate crimes of modern ...

6. Convicted ringleader in Texas dragging death set to be executed

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   HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was set to be executed Wednesday for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. nearly 21 years ago.

7. White supremacist executed in Texas for brutal dragging death ...

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   John William King was executed on Thursday for the killing of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, Texas, in 1998. White supremacist executed in Texas for brutal dragging death of black man [Video] Skip to ...

8. Hate crime laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, attached to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, which expanded existing United States federal hate crime law to apply to crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender ...

9. In the shadow of James Byrd’s murder, city leaders can’t ...

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