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Recent Examples of hate crime
He has already been sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms at the federal level after pleading guilty to hate crimes and weapons charges.
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Morgan Lee and Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Crusius was already sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal court after pleading guilty to hate crime and weapons charges in 2023.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The Brooklyn district attorney will determine if they will be charged with hate crimes.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Stephanopoulos then asked if Shapiro believed this was a hate crime, because the suspect allegedly admitted to targeting Shapiro — who is Jewish — over his defense of Israel.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Morgan Lee and Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Crusius was already sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal court after pleading guilty to hate crime and weapons charges in 2023.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The Brooklyn district attorney will determine if they will be charged with hate crimes.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Stephanopoulos then asked if Shapiro believed this was a hate crime, because the suspect allegedly admitted to targeting Shapiro — who is Jewish — over his defense of Israel.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hate crime
Noun
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Through last Sunday, bias crimes in the city were down 18% this year, with 18 incidents compared to 22 by this time last year.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Hay was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on assault and bias crime charges, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
21 May 2024
Noun
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The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Last month, the Campaign Finance Board denied Cuomo’s request for nearly $3 million in public matching funds due to paperwork errors.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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Achieving strong returns in the U.S. and Europe increasingly means navigating high corporate debt levels, currently around 80% of GDP in the U.S., slower economic growth, and policy uncertainty.—
Rob Kaplan,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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There are other elements of the government's debt obligations that only add to the cost.—
John Kelly, Nancy Cordes,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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To conceal his crimes, Hemphill, who is also a lawyer, threatened to have the women arrested or killed by falsely claiming to have vast resources and connections to police and organized crime, prosecutors said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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In the 1960s, the Philadelphia police reported less crime on streets with window boxes.—
Sonja Dümpelmann,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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The firm sued, calling the order a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of speech and Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process - a requirement for the government to use a fair legal process.—
Mike Scarcella and David Thomas,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Under South Korean law, anyone who receives a fine exceeding 1 million won ($683) for election law violations is barred from seeking office for five years.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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The government treated it as more evidence of American animus, and the minister in question denied wrongdoing and shrugged it off.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Only one employee was fired for wrongdoing during this period, according to figures obtained under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2025
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The former student at the University of Washington was also charged with one felony count of burglary.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Possession of a firearm on school property is a third-degree felony.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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The New York Post reported that Kerley had been booked on a first-degree misdemeanor charge.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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The suspects face misdemeanor charges of unlawful imprisonment, Fitzpatrick said.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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“Hate crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hate%20crime. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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