Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
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title:
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
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The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on October 22, 2009, and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009, as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010. Conceived as a response to the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr., both in 1998, the measure expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual
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American hate crime legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard_and_James_Byrd_Jr._Hate_Crimes_Prevention_Act
date created:
2007-05-03T19:41:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T21:51:15Z
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