Lawrence Russell Brewer: Difference between revisions

Line 10:

|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Hate crime]]<br>Burglary

|hobby =

}}{{Quote|As far as any regrets, no, I have no regrets. No, I'd do it all over again, to tell you the truth.|Brewer reflecting on the crime shortly before his execution.}}'''Lawrence Russell Brewer''' (March 13, 1967 – September 21, 2011) was an American white supremacist who, alongside fellow white supremacists [[John William King]] and [[Shawn Allen Berry]], was one of the three perpetrators in the brutal [[lynching]] of African-American man James Byrd, Jr. on June 7, 1998 in Jasper, Texas.

}}{{Quote|As far as any regrets, no, I have no regrets. No, I'd do it all over again, to tell you the truth.|Brewer reflecting on the crime shortly before his execution.}}'''Lawrence Russell Brewer''' (March 13, 1967 – September 21, 2011) was an American white supremacist who, alongside fellow white supremacists [[John William King]] and [[Shawn Allen Berry]], was one of the three perpetrators of the brutal [[lynching]] of African-American man James Byrd, Jr. on June 7, 1998 in Jasper, Texas.

==Biography==

===Before the murder===

Line 31:

Brewer, TDCJ#999327, was on death row at the Polunsky Unit, but he was executed in the Huntsville Unit on September 21, 2011.

===Legacy===

The murder of Byrd later became one of the inspirations (alongside the killing of Matthew Shepard) for implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which was signed into law by then-President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009.

[[Category:Modern Villains]]

[[Category:Deceased]]

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 |crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Hate crime]]<br>Burglary
 |hobby =
-}}{{Quote|As far as any regrets, no, I have no regrets. No, I'd do it all over again, to tell you the truth.|Brewer reflecting on the crime shortly before his execution.}}'''Lawrence Russell Brewer''' (March 13, 1967 – September 21, 2011) was an American white supremacist who, alongside fellow white supremacists [[John William King]] and [[Shawn Allen Berry]], was one of the three perpetrators in the brutal [[lynching]] of African-American man James Byrd, Jr. on June 7, 1998 in Jasper, Texas.
+}}{{Quote|As far as any regrets, no, I have no regrets. No, I'd do it all over again, to tell you the truth.|Brewer reflecting on the crime shortly before his execution.}}'''Lawrence Russell Brewer''' (March 13, 1967 – September 21, 2011) was an American white supremacist who, alongside fellow white supremacists [[John William King]] and [[Shawn Allen Berry]], was one of the three perpetrators of the brutal [[lynching]] of African-American man James Byrd, Jr. on June 7, 1998 in Jasper, Texas.
 ==Biography==
 ===Before the murder===
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 Brewer, TDCJ#999327, was on death row at the Polunsky Unit, but he was executed in the Huntsville Unit on September 21, 2011.
+===Legacy===
+The murder of Byrd later became one of the inspirations (alongside the killing of Matthew Shepard) for implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which was signed into law by then-President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009.
 [[Category:Modern Villains]]
 [[Category:Deceased]]