What Does The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act Do?
About.com Gay Life Oct 26 09The U.S. Senate passed hate crimes legislation Thursday that expands the federal definition of bias-based crimes to include gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability. The bill, passed by the House earlier this month, is named after hate crimes victims Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. What does The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act do?The bill updates existing federal hate crime legislation by: removing the current prerequisite that the victim be engaging in a federally-protected activity, like voting or going to school giving federal law enforcement agencies greater ability to engage in hate crimes investigations that local authorities choose not to pursue providing $10 million in funding for 2008 and 2009 to help state and local agencies pay for investigating and prosecuting hate crimes requiring the FBI to track statistics on hate crimes against transgender people Lagging FBI hate crimes statistics show a 5. Full story...
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