U.S. jury gives 90 years for race hate attack
Source: Reuters
HOUSTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A jury gave a 17-year-old Texan a 90-year jail sentence on Monday for his part in a brutal and racially motivated assault on a Hispanic youth. "The jury has recommended 90 years for Keith Turner," a clerk at the 209 Criminal District Court in Houston told Reuters. The clerk said Turner had 30 days to appeal the sentence and if it remained in place he would not be eligible for parole for at least 30 years. Turner was convicted on Friday of aggravated sexual assault for the April incident in which the victim was sodomized by a plastic pipe, stomped and burned during an attack at a house party. David Tuck, 18, was sentenced last month to life in prison for his role in the attack. Local media reported that Tuck had shouted racial slurs during the attack which lasted several hours. The attack took place in a suburb near Houston after a young girl at the house said the victim had tried to kiss her. The victim suffered massive internal injuries. The incident comes against the backdrop of rising racial tensions amid an increasingly heated debate about how to tackle the rising number of Latinos in the United States and illegal immigration.
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