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Patrick Leahy: “There are States that do not have hate crime statutes.”

On the recordJune 24, 2009
There are States that do not have hate crime statutes.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the lack of uniformity in state hate crime laws.

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