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Article: Debunking anti-hate crime myths: Hate crimes act offers punishment, deterrence

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June 11, 2007
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RECENTLY, the United States House of Representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, or H.R. 1592. The effect of this legislation would be to add gender and sexual orientation to the categories covered by federal hate crimes laws. Such laws provide enhanced penalties for crimes motivated by bias against an identifiable social group.

Currently, the federal law gives prosecutors discretion to charge a hate crime if the criminal act was prompted by the victim's religion, race, color or national origin. Based on statistics provided by the FBI, 237 members of the House of Representatives determined that sexual orientation was a social group that warranted ...

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