Hate crime laws in the United States are state and federal laws intended to protect against hate crimes (also known as bias crimes). While state laws... 77 KB (6,404 words) - 22:02, 11 May 2024 |
crime law is a law intended to deter bias-motivated violence. Hate crime laws are distinct from laws against hate speech: hate crime laws enhance the... 120 KB (13,936 words) - 07:52, 2 May 2024 |
Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on... 52 KB (4,794 words) - 05:46, 16 April 2024 |
Hate speech in the United States cannot be directly regulated by the government due to the fundamental right to freedom of speech protected by the Constitution... 19 KB (2,377 words) - 16:30, 21 February 2024 |
Crime has been recorded in the United States since its founding and has fluctuated significantly over time, with a sharp rise after 1900 and reaching a... 93 KB (8,255 words) - 17:07, 6 May 2024 |
In the United States, a federal crime or federal offense is an act that is made illegal by U.S. federal legislation enacted by both the United States... 5 KB (554 words) - 09:48, 16 August 2023 |
to the federal definition of a hate crime. However, only some states and territories include gender identity in their hate crime laws. Throughout the United... 302 KB (26,197 words) - 14:08, 6 May 2024 |
In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. Crime... 102 KB (12,456 words) - 06:26, 8 April 2024 |
The United States does not have hate speech laws, since the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that laws criminalizing hate speech violate the guarantee... 70 KB (8,029 words) - 09:30, 17 March 2024 |
The law may identify protected groups based on certain characteristics. In some countries, including the United States, what is usually labelled "hate speech"... 33 KB (3,503 words) - 18:24, 7 May 2024 |