Penn. high court strikes down hate-crimes protections on technicality
Qnews Jul 26 08Source: Philadelphia Inquirer , Lancaster Intelligencer Journal HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Victims of hate crimes who are gay, female or disabled no longer have special protections under state law. The state Supreme Court has upheld a lower-court ruling striking down the 2002 expansion of the Ethnic Intimidation Act that covered sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical or mental disability. In a unanimous decision, the court affirmed a 2007 lower court ruling that the Legislature unlawfully inserted the hate-crime language into an unrelated agricultural-terrorism bill, Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Full story...
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