ANAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A man who prosecutors say targeted Hispanic men to rob because he did not believe they would show up in court has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Twenty-five-year-old Mark Anthony Hawkins of Glen Burnie was sentenced Tuesday. The Capital of Annapolis reports (http://bit.ly/TMeqCm) that he had entered an Alford plea to two counts of robbery.

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