Trigger Warning. Byrd's lynching-by-dragging [View all]

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James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was a African American man who was murdered by three white supremacists in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged Byrd for three miles behind a pickup truck along an asphalt road. Byrd, who remained conscious throughout most of his ordeal, was killed about halfway through the dragging when his body hit the edge of a culvert, severing his right arm and head. The murderers drove on for another ​1 1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) before dumping his torso in front of a black cemetery in Jasper.[1][2] Byrd's lynching-by-dragging gave impetus to passage of a Texas hate-crimes law. It later led to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, commonly known as the Matthew Shepard Act, which became federal law in 2009.[3]

The motive for the crime has been identified as racial hatred.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr.

John William KingWas the second to be executed for Byrds dragging death. A most heinous crime. One is serving a life sentence.

He was dragged behind a speeding truck for THREE miles and dies he died half way after his arm and head were severed.

There seems to be conflicting decision with our candidates. Some want a paroled felon to have voting rights. I fully agree that anyone that has served their time have a right to vote. Sorry, a convicted felon gave up that right who is now serving time. Some are serving life sentences for the most grievous crimes.

Sorry, they do NOT deserve a right to vote while serving the time for their crime. They took away their victims right to vote by murdering them. Why should they have more rights than their victim.