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An openly gay student at the University of Wyoming, Shepard was allegedly the victim of a hate crime, and the incident quickly awakened much of the nation. When he died 5 days later, the outrage became even greater, spawning calls from President Clinton for passage of federal hate crime legislation. (Inciardi 2000)
Hate crime laws are not necessary. Hate crimes are offenses motivated by hatred against a victim based on his or her race, religion, handicap, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin. ...
If hate crime laws were put into effect, it would discourage people from practicing religion.
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