On
this date, September 21, 2011, a White Supremacist, Lawrence Brewer was
executed in Texas by lethal injection. He was convicted of the murder of James Byrd Jr.
on June 7, 1998.
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Lawrence Brewer
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James
Byrd, Jr.
(May 2,
1949 to June 7, 1998)
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Brewer was a
white supremacist who, prior to Byrd's murder, had served a prison sentence for
drug possession and burglary. He was paroled in 1991. After violating his
parole conditions in 1994, Brewer was returned to prison. According to his
court testimony, he joined a white supremacist gang with King in prison in
order to safeguard himself from other inmates. Brewer and King became friends
in the Beto Unit prison. A psychiatrist testified that Brewer did not appear
repentant for his crimes. Brewer was ultimately convicted and sentenced to
death. Brewer, TDCJ#999327, was on death row at the Polunsky Unit. Brewer was executed
in the Huntsville Unit on September 21, 2011. The day before his execution,
Brewer expressed no guilt for his crime as he told KHOU 11 News in Houston: "As far as any regrets, no, I have no regrets. No, I'd
do it all over again, to tell you the truth."
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SOURCE: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/brewer1268.htm
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