US woman faces 25 yrs in jail for killing Indian man
Wednesday, 18/03/2015
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NEW YORK: A woman who pushed an Indian man to his death from a subway train platform two years ago in what the authorities said was a hate crime faces 22 to 25 years in prison.
The woman, Erika Menendez, 33, who pleaded guilty to firstdegree manslaughter, will be sentenced on April 29 for pushing Sunnando Sen, 46, to the tracks in New York on December 27, 2012.
Menendez told authorities she “pushed a Muslim off the train tracks” because she had hated Hindus and Muslims ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to Queens district attorney Richard Brown. “The victim was allegedly shoved from behind and had no chance to defend himself,” added Brown. The woman, who was originally charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime, was allowed on Friday to plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter, Brown said in a statement.
