Illinois Man Gets 53 Years In Murder Of Palestinian Boy

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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