Mr. Reed had been scheduled to die on Wednesday. Celebrities, politicians and the state’s parole board had all argued for a reprieve.
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Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd Jr. | The New York Times
Robert Channick, The New York Times Louvon Harris with a photo of her brother James Byrd Jr., who was murdered by white supremacists in 1998. Credit William Widmer for The New York Time, Featured Image [dropcap]John[/dropcap] William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality […]
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