Update to our previous post on October 15, 2010:
Two Pennsylvania men convicted of a hate crime in the beating death of an undocumented Mexican immigrant were each sentenced Wednesday to spend nine years behind bars, according to a U.S. District Court statement.
Derrick Donchak and Brandon Piekarsky were found guilty in federal court in October of several charges, including hate crimes and depriving the victim Luis Ramirez of his civil rights.
During the federal trial, witnesses testified that racist language was used before and during the attack and that Ramirez was kicked in the head repeatedly after he fell down. The defendants, they said, did not want immigrants in their neighborhood and repeatedly ordered Ramirez to leave.