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The 1998 dragging death that changed Texas hate crime law

Three white supremacists chained James Byrd Jr. to a pickup truck and dragged him for nearly three miles in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998, in one of the most notorious hate crime murders in modern American history.

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  • 1998 Clarence Elkins Wrongful Conviction — June 7, 1998
  • 2021 Maggie and Paul Murdaugh Murdered — June 7, 2021
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