The Justice Department handed down an additional life sentence to a man who shot and severely wounded two men in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, last year simply because they are Hispanic.

Douglas Cornett opened fire on two men filling up at a gas station as they returned home from work. Both victims survived but will have lifelong injuries, News4 reported.

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Cornett already was serving two life sentences after pleading guilty this year in Spotsylvania Circuit Court. He received his federal sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to two federal hate crime charges, the Justice Department announced.

“No one in this country should be hunted down and shot at because of who they are or where they come from,” Assistant Attor

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