Woman At Center of "Logan 6" Case Speaks

Megan Williams, the 20-year-old woman prosecutors say was brutalized for days by a group of Logan County captors, spoke at length of her ordeal to Shaya Tayefe Mohajer of The Associated Press.

"The slight woman with cocoa-colored skin says she was outnumbered by people who just wanted to hurt a black person," Tayefe Mohajer writes.

“They just kept saying, ‘This is what we do to niggers down here’ and ‘You’re never going to see your family ever again,’” Williams told her.

The article also delves into the decision by prosecutors not to pursue hate crime charges in the case. While Williams and her family want such charges filed, "the six could spend the rest of their lives in prison if convicted of rape and kidnapping charges," the article said.

U.S. Attorney Chuck Miller recently explained to MetroNews the rationale behind the prosecution strategy (audio here).

A group advocating for a hate crime designation, Black Lawyers for Justice, wants to protest on Williams' behalf Nov. 3. But plans for a march through Charleston has hit a snag, Public Broadcasting reports.