For a federal hate crime, you have to prove the highest standard in the law: something that was reckless, was negligent does not meet that standard. We have to show that there's specific intent to be a crime with the requisite state of mind.
Eric Holder explains the high legal standards required to prove a federal hate crime in the context of the investigation into George Zimmerman.
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This is a nationwide fight. And so, between now and then, I think Americans all around the country have to really get out there and vote like they have never voted before.
In this moment, steps must be taken to respond to the authoritarian measures being considered in certain states and now so brazenly taken in Texas.
My concern is that they`re going to be ideological. My hope is that they will follow precedent, follow the facts, apply the law in the neutral way that they should.
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