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DOJ Downplays Expectation For Hate Crimes Law

by Carrie Johnson, NPR
May 2, 2012

In 2009, Congress passed a federal hate crimes law to make it easier for the Justice Department to prosecute people who target victims because of race, religion and sexual orientation. Federal prosecutors have used the new hate crimes law just nine times so far.

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