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Jasper, Texas (2003)
description written by member Ben:
To date, no white man has ever been executed in Texas for killing a black man. However, today a white man is on death row in Texas for killing a black man in the East Texas town of Jasper, population about 8,000, during 1998. This film, directed by Jeff Byrd, is a docudrama based on the events surrounding that murder.
| Release Date: | June 8th, 2003 |
| Running Time: | 114 minutes |
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| Written By: |  | Jonathan Estrin |
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Texas is a big, big state. There is plenty of room for racism to exist in any places at once. In 1998, there were two big incidents that made national headlines.
Near the Louisiana border, in Jasper, Texas. James Byrd was being drug to his death by three white men out for a good time. 600 miles away, near the New Mexico...
(complete Jasper, Texas review by Movie Addict)
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