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Teen Convicted in Brooklyn Stabbing | Philadelphia News
A 17-year-old teen faces up to 25 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old dancer at a Brooklyn gas station — a case that ignited a heated debate over hate, self-defense, and justice. Convicted of manslaughter and other charges but acquitted of murder as a hate crime, Dmitriy Popov’s sentencing looms Thursday, as prosecutors argue he targeted Sibley amid a barrage of anti-gay slurs, while his defense insists it was a desperate act of self-preservation. Witnesses say Popov taunted and recorded Sibley before the violent confrontation, and though Popov denies using bigotry, the…
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