ATLANTA – Two men were sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for their involvement in a hate crime against a gay man in southwest Atlanta.
Christopher Cain, 19, and Dorian Moragne, 20, were sentenced for beating Brandon White, 20, in February 2012 because of his sexual orientation.
This case is the first time federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges based on sexual orientation in Georgia.
Their federal sentences will run concurrently with five-year sentences they’ve already been ordered to serve in state prison.
A third man, Darael Williams, was also sentenced to serve five years in state prison and all three are ordered to serve five years of probation.