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Threatening Political Voicemails Leads to Arrests

Our country is divided; with our politics reaching a level of intense polarization which most likely hasn’t been seen since the American Civil War. One day after the release of the Mueller report, that’s primary focus was to deliberate on Russia’s seemingly successful interference of the 2016 presidential election; and…

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South Florida Man Charged for Arson with Hate Crime Enhancement

Last week, in a Charleston, South Carolina District Courthouse a Federal jury heard the startling recorded confession of Dylan Roof who when questioned by FBI Agents simply said in a calm manner that “I went to that church in Charleston and I did it.” Roof is accused of slaughtering nine…

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Three Sentenced in 2011 New Year’s Eve Hate Crime under the Shepard Act

The Matthew Shepard Act, in full named the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is an action of Congress that was passed in Oct. 2009 by a bipartisan Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The law boosts the 1969 federal hate-crime law concerning…

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