Teen guilty of hate crime in immigrant's slaying

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: Tribune News Service

A jury on Monday found Jeffrey Conroy guilty of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime but acquitted him of murder in the November 2008 stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, N.Y.


In the highly publicized case that drew national attention and cast a harsh light on ethnic tensions in Suffolk County, Conroy, 19, of Medford, N.Y., was convicted following four weeks of testimony from more than two dozen witnesses.

He faces a maximum of eight to 25 years in a state prison on the charge -- the most severe crime of which Conroy was convicted.

Conroy was acquitted on the top charges of second-degree murder as a hate crime and second-degree murder. Both of those charges carry a maximum punishment of 25 years to life


Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/04/teen_guilty_of_hate_crime_in_i.html

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[No Elephants]

2. Who raised this turd? And why manslaughter or 2nd degree, rather than 1st degree murder?

[Lochloosa]

3. I would assume that 1st degree requires premeditation.

I don't know the facts of the case, but that is the usual requiremnent.