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...

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...

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...

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 ...

New Indiana hate crime bill likely to reignite debate

University Wire;  November 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......could take to prosecute the offender for a hate crime due to Indiana's current lack of hate crime legislation. Despite efforts earlier this...of only five states in the nation without hate crime laws. That is something Indiana State Rep...

Hate Crime Laws Unevenly Enforced, Report Concludes

Precinct Reporter;  October 28, 2004 ;     521 words ...Precinct Reporter 10-28-2004 California's hate crime laws - among the oldest and most comprehensive...and sheriff departments do not have a hate crime policy to guide their implementation...with the responsibility of enforcing hate crime statutes. "This is reminiscent of the...

Experts contemplate hate crime meaning, Logan prosecutor hasn't decided...

Charleston Daily Mail;  September 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......it remains unclear if hate crime charges will be filed...annual publication of hate crime statistics, which presents...would not pursue federal hate crime charges while Logan County...should be classified as a hate crime for analytical and symbolic purposes. "It is a ...

ATTORNEY GENERAL LOCKYER ANNOUNCES HATE CRIME OFFENSES DECLINED 4.5...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 19, 2006 ;     690 words ......General Bill Lockyer today announced that hate crime offenses in California declined by 4...fourth consecutive year that the number of hate crime offenses has decreased, and the 10 year...over prejudice and hate." In addition to hate crime offenses reported by law enforcement...

'Hate' crime -- it's not black or white but gray; People feel that the...

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 9, 2007 ;     680 words ......person will likely be charged with a hate crime. However, if a black person assaults a white person, more than likely the hate crime law won't come into play. That has led...In fact, the biggest problem with any hate crime law -- including the move to expand our...

Gay teen arrested in death; critics see hate crime.(NATION)

The Washington Times;  November 26, 2002 ;     698 words ......critics argue should be labeled as a hate crime that deserves national attention. Nicholas...that the case should be treated as a hate crime against Christians because, they say...a national news story and be deemed a hate crime, said Peter LaBarbera, a senior policy...

Guidance to tackle homophobic hate crime.

M2 Presswire;  December 29, 2006 ;     589 words ......Government: Guidance to tackle homophobic hate crime(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29122006 New ways to tackle homophobic hate crime and help make gay, lesbian, bisexual...Home Office today. Tackling Homophobic Hate Crime highlights good practice from around...