c/news · by gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 1y

Virginia man pleads guilty to hate crimes for shooting 2 Latino men

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/19/virginia-hate-crime-latino-shooting-guilty/

Douglas Wayne Cornett, of Ruther Glen, just north of Richmond, shot the two victims after learning that one of them had recently arrived in the United States.

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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

After Cornett was arrested the following day, he reportedly told a detective he had acted out of “anger at illegal immigration.”

He also said he “fantasized” about flying to the U.S. border in a helicopter and “firing on undocumented migrants traveling into the United States in order ‘to deter’ other undocumented migrants from attempting to cross the border.”

On Wednesday, Cornett pleaded guilty to two counts of federal hate crimes involving attempts to kill, and one count of discharging a firearm during a federal crime of violence.

He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 13 and faces a mandatory 10-year sentence on the firearms violation and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for the hate crimes.

Nougat@fedia.io · 8 pts · 1y

Pardon in three … two …

Freshparsnip@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

When is Trump gonna be charged with hate crimes?

dinren@discuss.online · 5 pts · 1y

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Daggity@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

To think, he could have just got a job at ice if he wanted to harm a ton of Hispanic people.