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Lawrence
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Lawrence Russell Brewer mugshot
Racist pieces of crap, John
William King, front, and Lawrence Russell Brewer are escorted
from
the Jasper County courthouse in Jasper, Texas, in June 1998. King
and Brewer are
two of the three men convicted in the dragging death
of James Byrd Jr.
Lawrence Russell Brewer
Lawrence Russell Brewer
Lawrence Russell Brewer
Lawrence Russell Brewer
Lawrence Russell Brewer, pictured arriving
at court in a bulletproof vest in 1999.
Lawrence Russell Brewer at trial.
Lawrence Russell Brewer at trial.
Lawrence Russell Brewer
Evidence
The bumper of the 1982 pickup
truck used to drag James Byrd Jr.
to his death is shown in Jasper,
Texas.
Evidence circles
Spray paint marks the spot where
officials found the head of James Byrd, a 49-year-old black man,
along Huff Creek Road near Jasper, Texas. Byrd was tied to a truck
and dragged to his death
along the rural East Texas road in the
early morning hours of June 7, 1998.
The accomplices
John William King was found guilty and sentenced
to death for his role
in Byrd's kidnapping and murder.
Shawn Allen Berry
was spared the death penalty and
given a life sentence in prison.
The victim
James Byrd Jr. was chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged
to his death on a dark country road.
(AP / CBS)
Stella Byrd, bottom center, mother
of James Byrd Jr., the East Texas black man who was dragged to his
death from a pickup truck in 1998 by three whites, grasps a pen used
during the signing of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act at the
Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 11, 2001. From top left is James Byrd,
father of James Byrd Jr., Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, Rep.
Steve Wolens, D-Dallas, and Gov. Perry.
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