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Sentencing Law and Policy
Should it be the state or feds (or both!?!) that capitally prosecute racist mass murderer Dylann Storm Roof?
Main June 19, 2015Should it be the state or feds (or both!?!) that capitally prosecute racist mass murderer Dylann Storm Roof?The question in the title of this post is a…
The Right Coast
Charleston Church Shooting Suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, Captured – The New York Times
CHARLESTON, S.C. The man suspected of killing nine people at a prayer meeting at a historic black church in this city s downtown area was caught on Thursday some 200…
The Right Coast
Miliband: Labour Would Outlaw Islamophobia – Breitbart
In an interview with the Muslim News website, Miliband said a Labour government would make Islamophobia an aggravated crime . We are going to make sure it is marked on…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
The Imagined Racial Divide
The Dedmond gang hate crime murder, put into historical context by Judge Carlton Reeves, evokes tremendous sadness about the nation's racial divide. It is a divide that is very real;…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing as racial education: federal judge schools killers when imposing punishment
Main February 22, 2015Sentencing as racial education: federal judge schools killers when imposing punishmentA number of helpful readers have made sure I did not miss the remarkable story, highlighted in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Feds assert, despite reversal of hate crime convictions, Amish beard-cutters should get same sentences
Main February 16, 2015Feds assert, despite reversal of hate crime convictions, Amish beard-cutters should get same sentencesAs reported in this AP piece, headlined "Federal prosecutors want same sentences in Amish…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Parking Dispute? Three Muslim University Students Killed in North Carolina
Here is some extremely sad news from North Carolina. Three university students were shot and killed in a residential complex of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a suspect…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
“The Fire on Bus 57”
By John Kang
From the NYT Magazine: It was close to 5 o’clock on the afternoon of Nov. 4, 2013, and Sasha Fleischman was riding the 57 bus home from school. An 18-year-old senior…
The Right Coast
Black Effigies Hanged on Berkeley Campus Spur Debate – ABC News
Effigies of black lynching victims found hanging at the University of California, Berkeley have sparked debate over whether the images are powerful protest art or just plain tasteless and racist.via…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
FBI’s First Ever Report on Hate Crimes Based on Gender Identity. Underwhelming.
By Kevin Barry
Under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the FBI began collecting data on hate crimes committed on the basis of gender identity last year. The…