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Article: Hatch still hazy on hate crimes.

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June 22, 1999
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The future of a federal hate-crimes bill remained unclear after a May 11 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Republican senator Orrin Hatch, who sent mixed signals about his intentions for the legislation.

Hatch said the Senate "must act and speak against hate crimes," but he demanded additional data from the Justice Department on the volume of such crimes and expressed reservations about the federal government entering an area typically reserved for states: criminal prosecutions. "I don't want any hate crimes to exist in our country, but I also don't want to overdo the law," Hatch said.

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