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2. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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   Penalties, under both the existing law and the LLEHCPA (Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, originally called the "Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act"), for hate crimes involving firearms are prison terms of up to 10 years, while crimes involving kidnapping, sexual assault, or murder can bring life in prison. In 1990, Congress ...

3. Hate crime laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Hate crime laws in the United States are state and federal laws which are intended to protect people from hate crimes (also known as bias crimes). While state laws vary, current statutes permit federal prosecution of hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's characteristics of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity.

4. Oregon man went after LGBTQ+ victims in Boise. Here’s his ...

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   Victims filled a courtroom Thursday afternoon to see the sentencing of a man charged in a federal anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime case. Originally charged with a litany of crimes by Boise and Ada County ...

5. Indiana woman pleads guilty to hate crime after stabbing ...

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   A Boston-area man earlier this month was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an anti-Asian hate crime. Prosecutors said John Sullivan, 78, encountered a group of Asian Americans he hadn't met ...

6. Will Quincy man go to prison? He confessed to violent anti ...

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   John Sullivan, 78, of Quincy, pled guilty to a violent, anti-Asian hate crime. A federal judge sentenced him on Wednesday, Sept. 4, to 18 months in jail followed by three years of supervised release.

7. Murder of James Byrd Jr. - Wikipedia

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   In 2001, Byrd's lynching-by-dragging led the state of Texas to pass a hate crimes law, which later led the United States Congress to pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. [4] Brewer was executed by lethal injection for his part in the murder on September 21, 2011. [5]

8. Jury rejects insanity defense for man convicted of hate crime ...

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   RELATED: Trial begins for prisoner accused of hate crime in stabbing death of Black inmate at Green Bay prison. RELATED: 1 week before trial, hate crime charges added in Green Bay prison homicide case

9. Hate crime - Wikipedia

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   A hate crime law is a law intended to deter bias-motivated violence. [8] ... carries a prison sentence of one to ten years. However, in case of warmongering, ...