USA Today reports:
An Illinois landlord convicted of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in a hate-fueled attack days after the Israel-Hamas war broke out in 2023 will spend 53 years in prison, according to local reports.
Joseph Czuba, 73, received the sentence on May 2 for the murder of kindergartener Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding his mother, Hanaan Shaheen.
In February, a jury found Czuba guilty of murder, attempted murder and hate crime charges in the October 2023 attack that shocked the nation, launched a hate crime probe by the Justice Department and was quickly denounced by officials, including former President Joe Biden.
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BREAKING: An Illinois man is sentenced to 53 years in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and wounding of his mother.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) May 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
BREAKING: An Illinois man is sentenced to 53 years in prison for a hate crime and murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) May 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Breaking News: An Illinois man who was convicted in the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy was sentenced to 53 years in prison.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Joseph Czuba, the Illinois man convicted in the killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American Wadee Alfayoumi, has been sentenced to 53 years in prison.
— USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) May 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM