Good news that the victim's child will finally get some compensation.
The Solano County DA seems to be pulling some punches in its prosecution of the killer:
"Thompson, who is white, has not been charged with a hate crime or a racially motivated murder, which can be a death-penalty offense."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/09/BAS8156JPC.DTL
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