This has been one of the more brazen, biszare hate-crime incidents. At age 89, he could face the death penalty. But at that age, he’s not likely to get it. Any prison sentence will be a life sentence.
- Scene of the Crime
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury indicted an elderly white supremacist Wednesday on charges that could earn him the death penalty in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
Hate crimes charges were added to the case against James von Brunn, who has been in a hospital since the shooting last month.
Officials say the 89-year-old shot and killed museum guard Stephen T. Johns on June 10. Von Brunn was shot in the face by other guards but survived.
