Prosecution Rests in Dragging Trial
From Times Wire Reports
A black man dragged to his death behind a pickup truck, allegedly by three white supremacists, was alive until he struck a culvert and was decapitated, an expert witness said in Bryan, Texas, before the prosecution rested in the trial of Lawrence Brewer. Forensic pathologist Tommy Brown, who conducted an autopsy on James Byrd, 49, said he could only pray Byrd was not conscious at his death. Brewer’s prison friend, John King, was convicted of the murder in February and was sentenced to die.
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