Victoria mosque arsonist Marq Vincent Perez gets 24-year federal prison sentence
Marq Vincent Perez, the man who burned down Victoria's only mosque in 2017, was sentenced to an almost maximum sentence of 24.5 years in prison Wednesday morning.
"This must stop. It is like a cancer to our society," said Senior U.S. District Judge John Rainey of the arson, moments before determining Perez's sentence.
That sentence came after the judge heard arguments from attorneys on both sides and statements from mosque members. Jurors convicted Perez of three charges, including a hate crime, in July after a six-day trial in which a witnesses testified that Perez was motivated by prejudice and fear of Muslims.
Perez's sentence was nearly the maximum 308 months, or about 26 2/3 years, that were available within the guidelines determined by a federal probation officer. The judge said he considered Perez's lack of a criminal history in determining the sentence.
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