In a Vermont courtroom, a jury has returned a verdict of attempted murder against a man who shot three Palestinian students, bringing legal accountability to an act of violence that reverberated far beyond the state's borders. The conviction, resting on the jury's determination of intent to kill, places this case within the long and troubled human history of violence directed at people for who they are. Justice, when it arrives, does not erase the wound — but it names the wrong, and in naming it, insists that such acts carry consequence.
Vermont man convicted of attempted murder in shooting of Palestinian students
Three Palestinian students were shot and wounded in the incident that led to this conviction.