Hate Crime Perpetrator Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

On Thursday, January 20, 22-year-old Daniel Rodriguez of Queens, N.Y., was sentenced to 12 years in prison for attacking Jack Price outside of a deli in 2009. Price, who is openly gay, was beaten and subjected to gay slurs by Rodriguez after being falsely accused of vandalism. 50-year-old Price suffered from a broken jaw, broken ribs and two collapsed lungs, rendering him physically incapable of continuing his job as a superintendent in College Point, Queens. Price relies on a daily dosage of pain pills and has lost both his peripheral vision and hearing in his right ear. "I didn't deserve this," Price said. "I cannot understand how anyone could hate me or anybody else this much to cause him this much pain and suffering...It shows how much hate they have inside of them." Before Queens Supreme Court Judge Barry Kron, Rodriguez was remorseful, saying, ?Through the grace of God I hope someday Jack Price will forgive me.? Daniel Aleman, Rodriguez?s 27-year-old codefendant, was sentenced to eight years in prison last month.Related Media Coverage:New York Daily News - January 21, 2011"Queens Gay Basher Daniel Rodriguez Gets 12 Years in Prison for Attack Outside Deli"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/01/21/2011-01-21_queens_gay_basher_daniel_rodriguez_gets_12_years_in_prison_for_attack_outside_de.html?r=news

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