The West Virginia couple, who are white, forced their adopted children, who are Black, to perform heavy labor and stand for hours with their hands on their heads, prosecutors said.

According to the outlet, the five adopted children who were abused are Black and the couple made them carry out heavy labor like "slaves." Lantz and Whitefeather were hit with a 1

A white couple from West Virginia were collectively sentenced to 375 years in prison for forcing their five adopted black children to work on their farm as “slaves” while being berated with racial slurs.