Tuesday, December 20, 2011
How long do you Think six suspects in Megan Williams case Should be in prison?
The Megan Williams case involves a 20-year-old, African American, West Virginia woman who was allegedly kidnapped, d and tortured by six white residents from Logan County, three of whom are women.[1Among many other things, the suspects are charged with stabbing Williams, dousing her with hot water, and forcing her to eat animal and human feces. In addition, the suspects allegedly hurled racial slurs at her while doing so. Some civil rights leaders, some community activists and others have erted that this fact makes the event subject to prosecution under hate crimes statutes. Authorities did not initially file hate crime charges in the attack, but prosecutors have not completely ruled out such a move down the road. [2] When pressed on the possibility of such charges, they have said that they are focused on crimes with the toughest penalties and note that the maximum sentence for a hate crime is just 10 years the suspects are Bobby Ray Brewster his mother, Frankie Lee, 49, Danny C
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