Crime & Justice

Alleged Synagogue Arsonist Now Accused of Terrorizing Black Students

‘PAID IN BLOOD’

Months before torching Austin’s Congregation Beth Israel, Franklin Barrett Sechriest pulled off an armed robbery on his own school’s campus, according to court filings.

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