/tags/james-byrd-jr James Byrd Jr. en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:35:06 GMT /crime-justice/2019-04-30/texas-will-no-longer-share-the-written-last-words-of-executed-inmates The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will no longer share the last written words of death row inmates after criticism from a Houston� Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:35:06 GMT /crime-justice/2019-04-30/texas-will-no-longer-share-the-written-last-words-of-executed-inmates Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2019-04-24/texas-executes-john-william-king-in-racist-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr It’s been more than two decades since an infamous hate crime in East Texas, where three white men were convicted of chaining a black man to the back of a� Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:21:33 GMT /crime-justice/2019-04-24/texas-executes-john-william-king-in-racist-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr Jolie McCullough | Texas Tribune