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The House voted to make "hate crimes" a federal offense.(The Week)(members of United States Congress)(Brief article)

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The House voted to make "hate crimes" a federal offense. There is no evidence that adding hate-crimes laws on top of regular criminal laws does anything to deter these acts. And since most states already have hate-crimes laws, a federal law is doubly superfluous. The bill's definition of violence includes intimidation, which leaves considerable room for interpretation ...

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