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Hate Crime
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Religion Clause
Leader in International Neo-Nazi Group Indicted for Soliciting Hate Crimes and Mass Violence
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced last week the federal indictment of the leader of an international neo-Nazi group. The press release said in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Southern Poverty Law Center: THE YEAR IN HATE & EXTREMISM 2023
In 2023, the SPLC documented 1,430 hate and antigovernment extremist groups that comprise the organizational infrastructure upholding white supremacy in the U.S. The years since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection have…
Religion Clause
Neo-Nazi Sentenced for Defacing Michigan Synagogue
In a press release, the Department of Justice announced yesterday:A Michigan man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring with…
Michael Geist
This is Who We Are Now
There was another shooting at a Jewish school in Montreal yesterday, which led to what has become the Canadian version of “thoughts and prayers”, namely a politician lamenting that “this…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Scotland enacts new hate crime law amid freedom of speech concerns
The law criminalizes 'threatening or abusive behaviour' that seeks to incite hatred
UK Human Rights Blog
The Weekly Round-Up: Protest Rights, Hate Crime Laws in Scotland, & Drone Strikes on Gaza Aid Trucks
In UK News The new and wide-ranging Serious Disruption Prevention Orders (SDPOs) introduced by the Public Order Act 2023 came into force on Friday. As part of the Government’s attempt…
Religion Clause
Texas Man Sentenced To 37 Years in Muslim Hate Crime Murder
A Department of Justice press release reports that yesterday a Texas federal district court sentenced a defendant to 37 years in prison (with credit for time served before sentencing) for…
Religion Clause
Man Sentenced To 1 Year + For Threatening Synagogue Shooting
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan, on Monday a 20-year old Michigan man was sentenced to 12 months and one…
Religion Clause
New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes Against 5 Orthodox Jews
In a Feb. 1 press release, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the district of New Jersey announced that 29-year old Dion Marsh has pleaded guilty to violations of the Matthew Shepard…
Religion Clause
18 Year Prison Sentence Imposed for Firebombing Church
The Department of Justice announced that on Monday an Ohio federal district court sentenced Aimenn D, Penny to 18 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release after…