Teen guilty of manslaughter in NY immigrant death
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A former high school athlete who plunged a knife into the chest of an Ecuadorean immigrant during a street fight that cast a national spotlight on bias crimes against Hispanics was convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime Monday but acquitted of murder.
Jeffrey Conroy, 19, was one of seven teenagers implicated in the November 2008 stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero in what prosecutors say was the culmination of an ongoing campaign of violence targeting Hispanics. The teens alluded to "beaner-hopping" or "Mexican hopping."
Conroy shook his head slightly when the verdict was announced in the packed courtroom. His brother and sister left the courthouse in tears.
"The hunting season is over, at least for now," brother Joselo Lucero said later.
Four other defendants have pleaded guilty to hate crime-related charges. Two others are awaiting trial.
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/91521199.html
[Posted by Ida Micaily]
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