John William King is a white supremacist who was convicted of murderingJames Byrd, Jr. in a hate crime. He was accused of dragging Byrd behind a truck until the African-American man died. The testimony phase of his trial started in Jasper, Texas on February 16, 1999. He was found guilty of kidnapping and murder on February 23 and was sentenced with the death penalty, on February 25. White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... James Byrd, Jr. ... A Madonna statue after being defaced by anti-Catholics. ... The driver of a car transporter truck prepares to offload Skoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For further uses of the word truck, see Truck (disambiguation). ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans or blacks, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. ... Jasper is a city located in Jasper County, Texas is on U.S. highways 96 and 190, State Highway 63, and Sandy Creek in north central Jasper County. ... Prior to 1821, Texas was part of the Spanish colony of New Spain. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
King had previously been gang-raped in prison by black prisoners and, although he had no previous record of racism, had allegedly joined a white-supremacist prison gang for self-protection. Salon magazine commented on the case: Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates. ... Screenshot of Salon. ...
Victims of prison rape often turn their anger against innocents when they are set free. ... Shortly after arriving in prison, King — then 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds (64 kg) — was attacked by black prisoners and raped ... He emerged from the dungeon transformed.
However, in 1182 William Marshal was accused of undue familiarity with Marguerite of France, the Young King's wife, and exiled from court.
It was William on June 15, 1215 at Runnymede who dealt with the barons who made KingJohn agree to the Magna Carta, and it was William who dealt with the kings of France (Louis VII and Philip Augustus).
On November 11, 1216, upon the death of KingJohn, William Marshal was named by the king's council (the chief barons who had remained loyal to KingJohn in the First Barons' War) to serve as both regent of the 9 year old King Henry III, and regent of the kingdom.
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