Media Summary: Description: In June 1998, the quiet town of Jasper, Texas, became the center of one of America's most shocking hate crimes. John William King kept his eyes closed as witnesses arrived in the death chamber and never turned his head toward relatives of ... In 1998, a brutal hate crime in Jasper, Texas exposed a painful truth about race in America.
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Description: In June 1998, the quiet town of Jasper, Texas, became the center of one of America's most shocking hate crimes. John William King kept his eyes closed as witnesses arrived in the death chamber and never turned his head toward relatives of ... In 1998, a brutal hate crime in Jasper, Texas exposed a painful truth about race in America. In this powerful episode of True Stories, we examine the brutal murder of One of the three men accused in the 1998 dragging death of a black man, Nearly a decade and a half have passed since three men dragged
In the early morning hours of June 7, 1998, three men chained The Jasper man who orchestrated a gruesome hate crime was executed in Huntsville on Wednesday night. King's execution is scheduled for April 24 in Huntsville.
