Mental competency of woman in anti-Asian assault questioned
Mental competency of woman in anti-Asian assault questioned July 13, 2021 at 4:48 pm LAS VEGAS (AP) — A prosecutor raised questions Tuesday about the mental competency of a 57-year-old woman who is jailed on racial bias charges and other allegations after being accused of making anti-Asian comments and striking a shopper’s young son at an upscale Las Vegas Strip retail center. The woman, Shelly Ann Hill, told a judge that she didn’t understand how she could be charged with a hate crime, asked to be released from jail without bail, then moments later pleaded no contes...
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