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Judge rips DOJ’s ‘disturbing’ sentence ask for troubled man who drove into NYC temple

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A disturbed man who rammed his car into an iconic Brooklyn synagogue will get out of lockup within the week, a federal judge decided Wednesday — as he slammed prosecutors for requesting a harsher sentence based on a “misunderstanding” that the terrifying episode was a hate crime. Brooklyn federal court Judge Eric Vitaliano ripped the...

First report: Judge slams DOJ request for hefty sentence in Brooklyn synagogue crash — courthousenews.com, 13d