Texas death row inmate Lawrence Russell Brewer, 44, was executed by lethal execution at 7:21 p.m. ET Wednesday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
Brewer was one of three men found guilty for his involvement in the dragging death of James Byrd 13 years ago.
Brewer and two other white men kidnapped the 49-year-old black man on the night of June 7, 1998. They chained him by the ankles to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him for 3 ½ miles down a country road near Jasper, Texas. Byrd died when he was decapitated after he hit a culvert.
Prosecutors said the crime, which they described it as one of the most vicious hate crimes in U.S. history, was intended to promote Brewer's fledgling white supremacist organization.
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Oh well, he said he was innocent. Ga. refused to listen.
Wrong convict... but the guy in GA got it too.
It is wonderful to hear so many different view points I love open healthy discussion freedom of speech RULES
Good-bye and good riddance! One can tell from some of the posts on this blog that the type of racism that defined brewer is alive and well. Ill bet all of the slimy racists are tea party (kkk) members.
Since a black man started the Tea Party then that must mean the KKK now let's Blacks in. So both are now racist by your analogy?
I couldn't post on the Troy Davis execution, must have been too many comments, Anywy, just wanted to say I hope the family finds out the truth, and hopefully the person that killed the officer confesse's. I believe Georgia killed an innocent man, Troy Davis, IMO, was innocent. They didn't prove his guilt to me... RIP Mr. Troy Davis
@236 post Sir you are a idiot plain and simple For one Iam a tea bagger as you put it And Iam anything but racist if youve read my blogs you would see that But from what Ive noticed in the last few years is that the left is so set that they refuse to listen to a voice of reason ,Now thats not to say everybody is like that just most on the left as compared to people on the riight
@kc critic amen I could not have said it better myrel
@ gung ho: please read carefully before you post. I did not say that all tea party members are racist. I said that all racists are probably tea party members. While you yourself claim to not be racist, I'm willing to bet that some of the people you call friends are not only racist, but have made their views clear to you, and you still call them friend.
1.) The Supreme Court followS a standard of operating procedures. a.) Of the approx. 5,000 cases presented ea. yr, about 175 are heard b.) Our S.C. must first decide if they even have jurisdiction in the case. c.) In the history of the USA, the Supreme Court has had jurisdiction in less than 200 cases. 2.) Once jurisdiction has been established, the case is reviewed, and each 'justice' presents an 'opinion'. The "majority opinion" is announced to the public. 3.) Does the S.C. make law? If you think 'yes', then you need a labotomy. 4.) Rarelt does the S.C. overturn the 'majority opinion' of previous S.C.'s. (cont)
1.) The S.C. decides to hear cases that have the most 'merit'. 2.) The first question 'justices' ask themselves is "Does this case threaten to divide America in two, (civil war) if the answer is 'yes', the case is given immediate attention. 3.) Very, very rarely does the S.C. overturn the 'majority opinions', unless the previous 'opinon' now threatens to divide America. 4.) The overwhelming majority of American citizens are against sodomy and abortion. 5.) Our Supreme Court reversed previous 'majority opinions' regarding sodomy amd abortion. 7.) Ask yourself if America was in danger of being devided in two regarding sodomy amd abortion. 8.) No, we were not in danger of going to civil-war over these issues. And even if we did, Pro-life/anti-sodomy Americans would easily win a war fought against Pro-death/ Pro-sodomy Americans. Yet here we are, having sodomy and abortion literally shoved down our throats. fin
Oops. Not "fin". 1.) The Troy Davis case threatened to divide America in two. 2.) Not along racial lines as in 'black vs. white', but along the lines of 'emotions vs. facts'. 3.) Americans ruled by their emotions sided with a convicted murderer, and Americans ruled by their brains sided against. 4.) The Supreme Court rarely convenes at night, but did so for the Davis case, at 10 pm. 5.) The Jewish 'high Court' also convened at night even though it was against their own law to do so, in order to hear the 'Jesus vs. Jews' case where the Jewish religion was in danger of being exposed. Jesus lost the case, and was executed. 6.) Something stinks to high-heaven regarding the Davis case. The stench of the Jewish High Court's ruling against Jesus is so foul, it's pungent stink can even be smelled some 2,000 years later. ok, finally fin. Attack me, not the truth. That's what they did for Jesus...I consider it an honor when you, banasy, do it to me.
Hey merry, can you say bye bye? your boys dead. thats because hes a murderer. and you are a fool
@BOND, JMS...why are you focusing on little merry and ignoring big Supreme Court SOP? Even a child knows why JAMES. Do you?
It's one thing to put a man away for life when there is doubt about his guilt so that they can investigate further, but to execute him when there is even the slightest chance that he is innocent????? What is this world coming to?????
This case is 20 yrs. old. We even woke-up Supreme courts justices at night to have them rule on this matter. Why are you acting so surprised? And why do you "post your tidbit" and run-away before anyone replies? And why are you ignoring the posts directly above yours?
@ Recollections
regarding a verdict based on law, rememeber in today so called 'civil society' is based on MAN's law not Gods law; thus you come out with aa (unjust) verdict most of the time.
You are correct in that fact that the most hidious verdict handed down was Jesus"s execution.
In the cases of sodomy and abortion, two very volient crimes, in the end the only reason I could see those not being punishable is the out-come of financail gain for medical field. More $$$ coming in to em druged up.