Hate Crime Statistics Act
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hate-crime-statistics-act-214-1346997
title:
Hate Crime Statistics Act
text:
The Hate Crime Statistics Act, 28 U.S.C. § 534 (HCSA), passed in 1990 and modified in 2009 by the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, requires the Attorney General to collect data on crimes committed because of the victim's race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. The bill was signed into law by George H. W. Bush, and was the first federal statute to "recognize and name gay, lesbian and bisexual people." Since 1992, the Department of Justice throu
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_Crime_Statistics_Act
date created:
2003-04-22T05:46:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T13:28:33Z
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