Federal Hate Crime Conviction
By Cletus Ernster
The United States Department of Justice (”DOJ”) announced in an October 13, 2009 Press Release at http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/October/09-crt-1102.html that a Louisiana man pleaded guilty to firing three shots from a shotgun at the home of three Hispanic men and, after they fled, entering the home and setting a fire that burned it to the ground. The incident occurred in a rural area of western Louisiana, and the man and his victims lived across the street from one another. According to the Press Release, the man admitted that his crime was motivated by the victims’ race and national origin and was intended to interfere with their right to live in their home. Sentencing is scheduled for January 13, 2010.
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Posted in: Civil-Rights, National Origin Discrimination, Racial Discrimination
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