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June 19, 2009

Immigrant Rights Groups Criticize Lax Sentencing in Penn. Murder Case
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Immigrant rights groups are outraged over the sentencing of two white
teenagers involved in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant in the
town of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. The teenagers will serve as little as
six months in jail. Last month, an all-white jury exonerated the two
former high school football players of the most serious charges in
connection with the fatal beating.