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| Lawmaker: Texas shouldn’t read executed inmates’ last words |
| By seattletimes.com- Paul J. Weber |
| Published: 04/30/2019 |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas lawmaker whose ire over a death row inmate’s expansive final feast in 2011 ended the practice of condemned prisoners choosing their last meal said Monday the state should now stop publicly reading the final statements of those who are executed. It comes after a Texas prison spokesman last week read the last words of an avowed racist, John William King, who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history. King, who was white, was executed for the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr., a black man. King said “no” when asked by a warden inside the nation’s busiest death chamber whether he had any last words before receiving a lethal injection. But a statement prepared by King was released following his execution. Read More. |
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