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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michelle Del Rey

Texas teen jailed for 10 years for hate crime arson attack on synagogue

Austin American-Statesman

A Texas teenager has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting fire to a synagogue in Austin more than two years ago in an antisemitic attack.

Nineteen-year-old Franklin Sechriest pleaded guilty to hate crime and arson charges in April and was also ordered to pay $470,000 in restitution for setting the fire, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday.

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