Prosecutor to seek hate crime charges, death penalty in Atlanta shootings
Criminal Justice,Capital Punishment And Death Penalty,Hate Crimes,Race And Racism,Atlanta Spa Shootings,Georgia,Justice
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Prosecutors unveiled murder charges against the white man accused of shooting and killing eight people, six of whom were Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas,.AP reports.
Driving the news: A prosecutor filed notice that she plans to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty in the case.
The state of play: A Fulton County grand jury indicted Robert Aaron Long, 22, in the killings of Suncha Kim, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant and Yong Ae Yue.
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