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Latino group may sue parents of hate crime suspects

Citing 'moral responsibility,' Hispanics Across America could seek compensation for slain immigrant's family

While seven Patchogue-Medford High School students are facing criminal charges in the fatal stabbing of an Ecuadorean immigrant, their parents may face a wrongful death civil lawsuit because of their "moral responsibility," a Latino advocacy group said Tuesday.

Standing at the site near the Patchogue train station where Marcelo Lucero was attacked Saturday night, leaders of the Manhattan-based...

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