DES MOINES, Iowa—An Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison on federal hate crimes charges. Nicole Poole Franklin had already been sentenced to up to 25 years, including a mandatory minimum of 17 years and 6 months, on state attempted murder charges in the Dec. 9, 2019, attacks in Des Moines. In a separate federal proceeding, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose sentenced Poole Franklin on Thursday to 304 months in prison, or 25 years and four months. Poole Franklin, 43, pleaded guilty to two federal hate crimes charges in May. The sentence will run concurrently with the state punishment but ensure she will be incarcerated for longer, since the federal system does not have parole. Prosecutors asked for a 27-year sentence in a filing last week, saying Poole Franklin targeted a …
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