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FILE - This file booking image provided by the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal shows Holden Matthews. Matthews, a Louisiana man who admitted to burning down three predominantly African American churches, was sentenced Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay the churches $2.6 million. (Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal via AP, File)

Louisiana man gets 25 years for torching 3 Black churches

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Sentencing moved back for Louisiana Black church arsonist

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FILE - This file booking image provided by the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal shows Holden Matthews, who was arrested Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in connection with suspicious fires at three historic black churches in southern Louisiana. Matthews is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in federal court, where he faces hate crime charges. (Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal via AP, File)

Guilty plea to federal charges in black church burnings

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Plea change set in African American church fire case

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Prosecutors: Suspect made album art with church arson photos

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FILE - This file booking image released by the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal shows Holden Matthews, 21, who was arrested Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in connection with suspicious fires at three historic black churches in southern Louisiana. The U.S. Justice Department says it’s filing federal hate crime charges against Matthews in connection with three fires that destroyed African American churches earlier this year. (Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal via AP)

Federal hate crime charges filed in black church fires

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

This booking image released by the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal shows Holden Matthews, 21, who was arrested Thursday, April 11, 2019, in connection with suspicious fires at three historic black churches in southern Louisiana. Matthews faces three counts of simple arson of a religious building on the state charges. Federal investigators also were looking into whether hate motivated the fires. (Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal via AP)

Shock at arrest of deputy’s son in black church fires

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Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. &quot;Butch&quot; Browning speaks during a press conference addressing three recent church fires in the parish Thursday, April 4, 2019, at the St. Landry Parish Training Center in Opelousas, La. Authorities in southern Louisiana are investigating a string of &quot;suspicious&quot; fires at three African American churches in recent days. Fire Marshal H. &quot;Butch&quot; Browning said it wasn't clear whether the fires in St. Landry Parish are connected and he declined to get into specifics of what the investigation had yielded so far but described the blazes as &quot;suspicious.&quot; (Leslie Westbrook/The Advocate via AP)

The Latest: Friend says suspect not a racist

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