hate crimes

On June 11, 1993, the United State’s Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin’s penalty enhancement law, which imposes harsher sentences on criminals who intentionally select the person against whom the crime is committed, because of the race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry of that person. Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. On the evening of October 7, 1989, Mitchell and a group of young black men attacked and severely beat a …

…Barnette Works Cited 1. Cacas, Samuel. "Hate Crime Sentences Can Now Be Enhanced Under A New Federal Law." Human Rights 22 (1995): 32-33 2. Feingold, Stanley. "Hate Crime Legislation Muzzles Free Speech." The National Law Journal 15 (July 1, 1993): 6, 16 3. Gellman, Susan. "Sticks And Stones." UCLA Law Review 39 (December, 1991): 333-396 4. Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire 5. R.A.V. v. St. Paul 6. Texas v. Johnson 7. U.S. v. O¹Brien 8. Wisconsin v. Mitchell 9. Wooley v. Maynard 10. W.V. State Board of Education v. Barnette