John William King put to death in Texas
A man who helped carry out the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. -- one of the most horrific hate crimes in modern American history -- was executed by injection on Wednesday evening in a Texas prison.
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Executions delayed while Ohio searches for new lethal injection drugs
The executions of three Ohio death row inmates have been delayed as the state continues to develop a new execution-drug protocol, the governor's office said Thursday.
