Surely they deserve worse fate than just living in your town?

It looks like 4 of them got life sentences. The two males have no option of parole. The women, Harman (left) and Ellery (right) both have life sentences, with minimum sentences of 20 and 30 years, respectively.

Apparently there had been a robbery of the same house two days prior to this, the culprit being the nog all the way to the right, Sanquavious Cameron. He got 15 yrs. with a minimum of 7.

They were torturing the woman to get information about where her son had a money stash. The two men, Justin Grady (left) and Cortavious Heard (center) tortured the woman when she couldn't answer their questions. It's fairly obvious something had gotten around the farm. The two main guys were hired farm hands.

I'd actually agree with Snopes on the point that there's no clear evidence it was racially motivated primarily. That said, it's still infuriating to downplay the situation at all. It is so horrific. As for whether or not the murder was intended hardly matters. It happened during the commission of a felony, and it was brutal. The fact it might not have been their first thought actually makes this somehow more troubling. The fact that they didn't plan this out because they hated someone makes the spontaneity of this even more horrific.

Overall, fuck Snopes. I get it. There are certain evil acts we don't want to see churched up whatsoever, but the only sense this was racially motivated would be that niggers are racially/economically motivated to rob whites, who actually have shit to steal. So in the end, it's not as if this has zero racial component. Anyone with sense recognizes blacks killing whites always has a racial component.