Man who was sentenced to 53 years in the hate crime of 6-year-old Palestinian boy

A 73-year-old man from Illinois was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison for the murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian boy. In February, a jury Joseph Czuba found murder, heavy battery and hate crimes guilty for murder.

Czuba was convicted 26 times for the Erstichs of 6-year-old Wade Wade Alfayoumi and the boy's mother, Hanan Shaheen, was stabbed more than a dozen times. The mother was seriously injured in the attack and survived.

The public prosecutor said that Czuba was the boy and his mother's landlord and he targeted her because they are Muslims.

The mother of the mother of certificate attacks

During the trial, Shaheen said that Czuba stabbed her, he said: “As a Muslim, you have to die,” reported the Associated Press.

She came away, barricaded herself in the bathroom and called the police. Then she started hearing her son screaming.

The public prosecutor's office played the 911 call for the jury. In it, Shaheen shouted at the dispatcher: “The landlord kills me and my baby! He kills my baby in a different room!” After the ap.

Attack followed the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War

The attack occurred in October 2023, just a few days after Hamas attacked Israel, which lit the Israel Hamas War.

The authorities said that Czuba had rented rooms to the Muslim family for almost two years without any problems.

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Czuba's wife informed the court that her husband had withdrawn in the days after the Hamas attack and said that he wanted to get the family out immediately, reported the New York Times. She suggested giving the family a 30-day termination.

Convention and legal applications

On Friday, May 2, a judge Czuba sentenced to 53 years behind bars after contesting an application by the defense team to lift the conviction of the jury.

The Czuba defense team also submitted an application to rethink its conviction, whereby a hearing was planned for May 7, WLS reports.

Illinois's law requires Czuba to serve the entire punishment for murder.