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    this article: Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark...
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  • Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (commonly the "Matthew Shepard Act" or "Shepard/Byrd Act" for short), and on October 28, 2009, President...
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  • 2009, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act expanded the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes which are...
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    the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and on October 28, 2009, President Obama signed the legislation into law. Judy and her...
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  • crime was committed. It reauthorizes the Hate Crimes Statistics Act. On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr...
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  • statewide, and local hate crimes prevention legislation. On October 22, 2009, the United States Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes...
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    hate crimes, and the landmark Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed in 2009 under President Barack Obama; the Act...
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    The Hate Crime Statistics Act, 28 U.S.C. § 534 (HCSA), passed in 1990 and modified in 2009 by the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention...
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  • the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 expanded the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated...
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    2009, the United States Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and on October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama...
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    Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, claiming that Matthew Shepard's murder was not a hate crime. While debating the act in...
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    and also withdrew legal defense of DOMA in 2011, despite Republican opposition. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of...
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  • be same-sex or opposite-sex. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, of 2009, added crimes motivated by a victim's actual or...
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    Hate crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity are punishable by federal law under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention...
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    the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded hate crime legislation to include greater penalties for hate crimes motivated...
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    October: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, is passed by Congress, and signed into...
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    notoriety after the death of Matthew Shepard in 1998. In 2009, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed by the U.S. Congress...
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    Registration Act of 1993 the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986...
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    Steve Dettelbach (category Directors of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
    the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In that case, Samuel Mullet was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and 15 other...
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    Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville (category Buildings and structures in Dallas County, Texas)
    Seagoville, pleaded guilty to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for assaulting a fellow inmate whom he believed...
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    Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Three men—John William King, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and Shawn Berry—were tried and convicted of capital...
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  • and disability." It was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and its mission was broadened by the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention...
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    signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a measure that expanded the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include...
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    Tim Walz (redirect from Timothy James Walz)
    favor of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and the Sexual Orientation Employment Nondiscrimination Act. In 2007, he received...
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    identity or sexual orientation. However, since the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed into law in October 2009 by President...
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    orientation bias. Such hate crimes, however, are covered federally under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In April 2019, the...
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    Jason Collins (category Inductees of the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame)
    the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Collins' jersey rose to the top spot for sales in the NBA's online shop, and the NBA...
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  • in violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In California in 2011 the FAIR Education Act (Senate Bill 48) became...
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    more recent Federal hate-crime law, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 granted Native...
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