Indiana woman faces up to 6 years in prison after repeatedly stabbing Asian American student on bus
Billie Davis, who was accused of stabbing an Asian American student at Indiana University Bloomington last year because she said she had “noticed” the victim was Chinese, has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge.
A woman who was accused of stabbing an Asian American student at Indiana University Bloomington last year because she said she had “noticed” the victim was Chinese has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge, court documents show.
Billie Davis, 57, entered the plea last week after she was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with felony violation of the Hate Crime Act. It comes after Davis repeatedly stabbed the 18-year-old student in the head on a city transit bus, later telling law enforcement that she did it so that there would be “one less enemy,” the plea agreement showed.
Davis, who will be sentenced in December, faces a maximum of six years in prison, according to the plea agreement. She will also be mandated to serve probation upon release and pay the victim restitution.
Davis’ attorneys, Leslie D. Wine and H. Samuel Ansell, told NBC News that the plea agreement, reached through “extensive negotiations,” will allow the court to consider both the offense as well as her “diminished capacity” due to mental illness.
“Ms. Davis is now properly medicated for her mental health conditions and has consistently expressed her remorse for the pain she caused the victim and her family,” the attorneys said in an email.
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