plime.com : crime : Hate Crime Charge In W.Va. Torture Case

Six people arrested after Megan Williams was rescued in September had been charged with counts that carry maximum life sentences, but until Tuesday's indictments no one had been charged with a hate crime.

Update to this story. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

tags megan william west virginia hate crime arrests kidnapping torture

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28	MissWink...

6 months ago

Well it's about time. If the term "hate crime" applied to any case, then I think it should apply to this one.

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16	unzercha...

6 months ago

All crimes are hate crimes, these people deserved this sentence, regardless of the color of the victim. This is perpetuating segregation.

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13	abandone...

6 months ago

Burton stabbed Williams in the ankle while saying, "This is what we do to n------ down here."

You would be surprised at how many people in Logan County [my mother among them] who don't believe that this was racially motivated.

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