Boy, 15, pleads not guilty in hate crime Defendant to remain in custody...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 25, 1997 ;     533 words ......carry a special hate crime penalty enhancer...except for the hate crime enhancer, also pleaded...of the hate crime enhancer. According...guys." The hate crime law is intended...court, the hate crime enhancer would not extend...

LESBIAN HATE CRIME CASE TO GO TO TRIAL.(Local/State)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  December 7, 2000 ;     405 words ......Dary Byczek committed a hate crime when he screamed anti...Green County to involve a hate crime with gay or lesbian victims...disorderly conduct as a hate crime for a Memorial Day weekend...would plead guilty to the hate crime enhancer. The four women have ...

Words alone don't make hate crime

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 8, 1998 ;     620 words ...When a 15-year-old boy is charged with a hate crime, we all should ask ourselves why. Of...was white. The 15-year-old who had the hate crime provision added to his charges allegedly...skinheads. (The 18-year-old also had the hate crime provision added to his charges. His case...

Campaign to tackle hate crime culprits.(News)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  May 21, 2008 ;     360 words ......Reporter A CAMPAIGN to crack down on hate crime is under way with thousands of special...encouraged to report all incidents of hate crime in a bid to stop the problem before it...and community groups to launch the Stop Hate Crime campaign. They hope that by offering...

HATE CRIME LAWS AIM AT ACTS, NOT SPEECH.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  May 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ......any prosecutor's use of the hate crime enhancer under Wisconsin law is an Orwellian pursuit of thought crime. The Wisconsin Legislature...his points: He claims that hate crime enhancers are used to prosecute...characteristic. The hate crime enhancer is and should ...

HATE CRIME LABEL IS ADDED ONTO MURDER CHARGE.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  May 8, 2001 ;     249 words ......homicide has been charged with a hate crime because he allegedly told...Attorney David Wambach added the hate crime enhancer to the first-degree intentional...Wambach said he added the hate crime enhancer, which would add five years...

MAN GETS JAIL FOR HATE CRIME.(LOCAL)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 23, 2007 ;     398 words ......firefighter convicted of a hate crime in a confrontation...disorderly conduct as a hate crime and reckless use of a weapon without the hate crime enhancer for his actions during...conduct with the hate crime enhancer. The criminal complaint...

State rarely prosecutes hate crime cases

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 30, 2007 ;     605 words ......Hmong groups are bad,'killer admits; Hate crime still being sought," read the headline...hunting - hasn't been charged with a hate crime. The prosecutor says he won't for "strategic...without explaining further. Charging a hate crime - targeting someone because of race...

If you're a victim of hate crime, tell police

Bristol Evening Post;  September 8, 2004 ;     233 words ......leading a new drive to encourage victims of hate crime to come forward. The True Vision project...forces throughout England and Wales. Hate crime is any incident committed against a person...disability or sexuality. Some 500,000 hate crime reporting packs have already been ...

NO HATE CRIME CHARGE UPSETS HMONG MURDER VICTIM WAS TARGETED FOR RACE,...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  April 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Hmong groups are bad,' killer admits; Hate crime still being sought, read the headline...hunting - hasn't been charged with a hate crime. The prosecutor says he won't for strategic...without explaining further. Charging a hate crime - targeting someone because of race...

Traffic incident results in hate crime enhancer

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 17, 2000 ;     191 words ...Traffic incident results in hate crime enhancer From The Associated Press Friday, November...Shawano -- Two men have been accused of a hate crime in a traffic incident involving a couple...of New Franken. The charges carry a hate-crime penalty enhancer. Heim also was charged...

Hate-crime statistics distort truth of American tolerance. (fair...

Insight on the News;  January 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Recently released FBI hate-crime data show that crimes against Arabs...it needs to be pointed out that hate-crime statistics are politically stacked...A. Determining what constitutes a hate crime leads to all manner of logical absurdities...

MPS student accused of hate crime Black suspects charged with robbing,...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 22, 1997 ;     389 words ......imprisonment of a 15-year-old classmate, with a special hate crime penalty. A 16-year-old fellow student faces identical charges in the incident except for the hate crime enhancer that increases the maximum prison sentence. The suspects...the victim because of his race in an attack Tuesday. ...

HMONG LEADERS: CHARGE KILLING AS A HATE CRIME HATE CRIMES AREN'T USUALLY...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  April 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Hmong groups are bad,' killer admits; Hate crime still being sought, read the headline...hunting -- hasn't been charged with a hate crime. The prosecutor says he won't for strategic...without explaining further. Charging a hate crime -- targeting someone because of race...

The social construction of a hate crime epidemic.

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......definitions vary from state to state, hate crime generally means a crime against persons...States is experiencing an across-the-board hate crime epidemic. The use of the epidemic metaphor...meant to dramatize a sharply accelerating hate crime rate. Assertions that a hate ...