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Hate Crime
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The Right Coast
Targets of racist graffiti now getting fined for it
(NEWSER) When Heather Lindsay and Lexene Charles discovered the n-word painted across their garage door on the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, they decided to leave it up…
The Right Coast
Police arrest two students over Quebec mosque killings | Daily Mail Online
Two students including one of 'Moroccan origin' have been arrested for the slaughter of six people at a Quebec mosque on Sunday which came a day after Canadian Prime Minister…
The Right Coast
Police arrest two students over Quebec mosque killings | Daily Mail Online
Two students including one of 'Moroccan origin' have been arrested for the slaughter of six people at a Quebec mosque on Sunday which came a day after Canadian Prime Minister…
Death Penalty
Federal Death Penalty for Dylann Roof in Charleston Church Shooting
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
The jury has made its decision in the case of Dylann Roof, charged with the shooting deaths of nine people attending church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof has been sentenced…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof sentencing to death by federal jury
Main January 10, 2017Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof sentencing to death by federal juryAs reported in this local article, only "a few hours after he told a crowded courtroom 'I…
The Right Coast
Call this disgusting attack in Obama s back yard exactly what it is: a Trump-hating race crime against a defenseless white man by young black Americans who shame their country | Daily Mail Online
I don t even see the police having the guts to call this attack what it is.The reason is sadly all too obvious; they don t want to inflame tensions…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Compensability of Injuries from Hate Crimes and other Neutral Risk Assaults
When Pittsburgh, PA resident Richard Baumhammers, in 2000, went on his hate-filled shooting spree and assassinated, among others, an Asian gentleman as he labored at a Chinese restaurant, the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Dylann Roof tells federal judge he does not plan to present any evidence at penalty phase of his capital trial
Main December 28, 2016Dylann Roof tells federal judge he does not plan to present any evidence at penalty phase of his capital trialAs reported in this new AP story, "Dylann…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some notable comments from Senator (and AG nominee) Sessions about limiting federal crimes and prosecutorial discretion
Main December 22, 2016Some notable comments from Senator (and AG nominee) Sessions about limiting federal crimes and prosecutorial discretionAmong my plans for the holiday break is to review some of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Unsurprisingly, Dylann Roof gets convicted on all counts by federal jury
Main December 15, 2016Unsurprisingly, Dylann Roof gets convicted on all counts by federal juryAs this extended USA Today article reports, a federal "jury in the trial of Emanuel AME Church…