He was at the right place at the right time, doing what he was supposed to be doing, delivering mail. His killer, on the other hand, was at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong set of moral values. Ileto urged those assembled to keep pressuring government representatives to pass hate-crime legislation. Some Jew-hater had shot at and tried to kill my daughter. We must never forget that hate crimes exist and must be stopped.
Education is the only solution.
Since the crime, Finkelstein has become active with the Million Mom March organization. Sherman is a co-author and major proponent of H.R. 1082, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999, which has been stalled in the House Subcommittee on Crime for more than a year. He praised Sherman's efforts to gain passage of H.R. 1082. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission.