An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 53 years in prison after a jury convicted him in the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the severe wounding of his mother in an October 2023 hate crime stabbing,

Joseph Czuba was sentenced on Friday to 30 years behind bars for the racially motivated killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, whom he fatally stabbed days after the Israel-Hamas war erupted in 2023.

An Illinois landlord found guilty of a vicious hate crime that left a 6-year-old Muslim boy dead and wounded his mother days after the start of the war in Gaza in 2023 was due in court Friday for sentencing.