Teen Sentenced in Hate Killing of Marcelo Lucero

Yesterday, the teenager convicted of killing a Latino immigrant in a 2008 hate crime attack in Patchogue, NY was sentenced to 25 years in prison.  Jeffrey Conroy, now 19, was told by Justice Robert W. Doyle that the proof of guilt of killing Marcelo Lucero, an immigrant from Ecuador, was “overwhelming” and that he was convicted of “senseless and brutal crimes.” Evidence showed that the teens had went out that evening to find “some Mexicans” to beat up.  The 25-year sentence was the longest possible for first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime.  For the N.Y. Times story on the sentencing, click here.

KJ