ROCKFORD, Ill. - Two Illinois inmates were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on murder and hate crime charges relating to the beating death of a fellow inmate. Brandon Simonson, 37, also known as "Whitey" and Kristopher Martin, 39, also known as "No Luck," were charged with conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree murder, hate crime and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Both men are inmates at Thomson Penitentiary in Thompson, Illinois. According to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Rockford, Martin and Simonson were members of a white supremacist group called the Valhalla Bound Skinheads. On...
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