Last NY teen sentenced in hate crime killing
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The last of seven Long Island teenagers involved in the 2008 stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Marcelo Lucero (mar-SEHL'-oh loo-SEHR'-oh) was stabbed in a confrontation near the Patchogue (PACH'-awg), N.Y., train station. The killing focused the national immigration debate on Long Island.
Nicholas Hausch, who's now 19, was a key prosecution witness in the trial against co-defendant Jeffrey Conroy.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hausch said Conroy admitted inflicting what turned out to be the fatal blow.
Conroy was the only defendant to go to trial. He was convicted of manslaughter and is serving a 25-year prison term.
The others, including Hausch, pleaded guilty to gang assault and other charges and are also in prison.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}(This version CORRECTS spelling of 'Hausch' in 4th paragraph.)