Hate Crimes
A hate crime is generally understood to mean a crime against a victim who is chosen specifically because of his or her race, religion, gender, national origin, disability, and in some states, sexual orientation. While "hate crime" is a relatively new addition to legal terminology, appearing about the mid-1980s, it is not a new concept.
Two bicyclists were riding down a country road in Wyoming in early October 1998 when they noticed what appeared to be a scarecrow tied spread-eagle to a split-rail fence. Upon further investigation, they discovered that the scarecrow was actually a young man who had been so badly beaten that he…>> (read more)
Hate Crimes Points of View
5 Hate Crime Laws Are Necessary
6 Hate Crimes Are a Serious Problem
7 Hate Crimes Against Women Are a Serious Problem
8 Hate Crimes Are Not a Serious Problem
9 Hate Crime Statistics Are Misleading
10 Many Hate Crimes Are Hoaxes
11 Most Crimes Against Women Are Not Hate Crimes
12 Some Hate Speech Can Be Restricted
13 Case for Campus Speech Codes
14 Hate Speech Must Be Condemned
15 Religious Conservatives Promote Hate and Violence
16 Prison Gangs Promote Hate and Violence
17 Hate Is Not a Crime
18 Hate Groups Do Not Pose a Serious Threat
19 Anti-Hate Groups Promote Hate and Violence
20 Hate Crime Laws Do Not Threaten Free Speech
21 Hate Crime Laws May Teach Tolerance
22 Hate Crime Laws Threaten Equal Protection
23 Hate Crime Laws Threaten Free Speech
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Hate Crimes in the News
James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist and anti-Semite, walked into the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., with a .22 rifle and killed Stephen Johns, a security guard.…>> (read more)
"The best hate-crimes bill Congress can pass is none at all." Pointing out that crimes labeled "hate crimes" are already felonies, Jeff Jacoby disagrees that these transgressions should be…>> (read more)
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It's ironic that secularists will accuse traditionalists of being hung up on sex, when they are the ones who cannot stop talking about it and…>> (read more)
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