Hate crime killer Lawrence Brewer has been executed in Texas - GlobalPost

Hate crime killer Lawrence Brewer has been executed in Texas - GlobalPost

Hate crime killer Lawrence Brewer has been executed in Texas for his role in the racially motivated killing of James Byrd Jr. in 1998.

The AP reports:

Brewer, 44, was asked if he had any final words, to which he replied: "No. I have no final statement."

A single tear hung on the edge of his right eye. He was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m., 10 minutes after the lethal drugs began flowing into his arms, both covered with intricate black tattoos.

On the same day that Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection, despite 11th-hour appeals for clemency, Texas prison authorities carried out their execution of Brewer at 6 p.m., Central time.

(GlobalPost reports: Is Troy Davis dead? The answer is now yes)