http://sitch.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/reexamining-a-hate-crime/Reexamining A Hate Crime
February 21, 2008 in Politics
The Matthew Sheppard Act which was legislation introduced to the Congress, was designed to provide protection to victims of hate crimes against gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. The legislation is the work of the Matthew Sheppard Foundation, which carries on the memory of the murder of openly gay college student Matthew Sheppard, and members of Congress. Under the proposed legislation crimes committed against victims under the circumstance listed above are to be added to the preexisting conditions of race, color, religion, and country of origin. It also calls for the state funding of hate crime investigations by federal authorities when local authorities choose not to.
