Man gets life for stabbing victim in face in L.A. Metro hate crime

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What happenedMan gets life for stabbing victim in face in L.A. Metro hate crime.

What changedThe left frames it as "'Calculated act of violence': Man gets life sentence in racially motivated L.A. Metro sta...". The center frames it as "Man gets life for stabbing victim in face in L.A. Metro hate crime".

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "'Calculated act of violence': Man gets life sentence in racially motivated L.A. Metro sta...". The center frames it as "Man gets life for stabbing victim in face in L.A. Metro hate crime".

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KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles)2h ago

Man gets life for stabbing victim in face in L.A. Metro hate crime

A man who stabbed a stranger in the face and continued beating him during a hate crime attack aboard a Los Angeles Metro bus was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus seven years. Geral...

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Los Angeles Times30m ago

'Calculated act of violence': Man gets life sentence in racially motivated L.A. Metro stabbing

Gerald Pitts was sentenced to life in prison in a racially motivated stabbing of a Latino passenger on an L.A. Metro bus in Exposition Park.

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