Suspect in Club Q Makes First Comments While Plea Expected: Report
Authorities have reportedly been in contact with surivvors of the massacre at Club Q to prepare them for the news.
June 15, 2023
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Charlottesville Killer Charged With Federal Hate Crimes
James Alex Fields, Jr. ran down protester Heather Heyer at a white nationalist rally last year.
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Two Ky Men Indicted For Federal Antigay Hate Crime
The first LGBT-related indictment brought by the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act came down Thursday against two Kentucky men accused of kidnapping a gay man.
April 12, 2012
Women Connected to First Federal Hate Crime Case Plead Guilty
The Justice Department announced the indictment of two men under the Matthew Shepard law earlier this week and already have a development in the case's prosecution.
April 14, 2012
Club Q shooter faces federal hate-crimes charges, possibility of death penalty
Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded not guilty to the new charges, which were announced Tuesday in Denver.
January 16, 2024
Texas Men Plead Guilty to Antigay, Racist Hate Crime
Jimmy Garza and Ramiro Serrata, Jr., have pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges stemming from a brutal attack on a gay black man in 2012.
September 25, 2015
Why we need a federal hate-crimes law—and why we can get it
This year marks our best chance yet to get a federal hate-crimes law passed and signed into law. It would give the government the power to prosecute anti-LGBT crimes and law enforcement the resources to investigate them properly. So let's make sure it happens.
March 6, 2007
Club Q shooter sentenced to 55 life sentences plus 190 years in prison for federal hate crimes
Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for federal hate crimes and firearms charges for the mass shooting that left five people dead and around 20 injured.
June 18, 2024
Man convicted in first federal hate crime trial based on gender identity for murder of Black trans woman
Black trans woman Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe was found shot dead in her car in South Carolina. Now, her killer has been found guilty.
February 26, 2024
Man Indicted for Allegedly Trying to Hit 2 Gay People With a Car
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January 13, 2023
FBI Stepping In on Case of Murdered Gay Candidate in Mississippi
When local police opted not to call for a federal hate crime investigation, the victim's family objected.
March 7, 2013
Lessons Learned: The Fight to Pass Hate-Crimes Legislation
The murder of Matthew Shepard shocked the nation -- but it took 11 years after the crime to pass an LGBT-inclusive federal hate-crimes law.
January 10, 2017
Poll shows 68% of Americans support hate-crimes bill
A new Gallup poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans support the hate-crimes bill now before Congress. The bill would expand federal hate-crimes law to cover crimes committed against people because of their sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
May 18, 2007
Attackers Sentenced in Horrifying Torture of Gay Man
The men were sentenced under a federal hate-crimes law named for Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.
February 18, 2016
House passes LGBT-inclusive hate-crimes bill
Just hours after the White House issued a veto threat Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to add crimes motivated by gender Identity and sexual orientation to those covered by federal hate-crimes law.
May 4, 2007
Idaho Man Gets 28 Years in Prison for Beating Death of Gay Man
Kelly Schneider pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for kicking Steven Nelson to death at a remote wildlife refuge in Idaho, according to Reuters.
April 28, 2017
Report: Hate-crime rate for LGBs comparable to other minorities
A new report released by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law shows that the rate of bias crimes committed against lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals is comparable to that of other groups already covered by federal hate-crimes laws.
June 14, 2007
Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death After Telling Jurors, 'I Had to Do It'
The unrepentant white supremacist, who fatally shot nine black church members during a Bible study session, is the first person ordered to be executed for a federal hate crime.
January 10, 2017
Man sentenced to life for hate-crime murder of trans woman Dime Doe
A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman, in the first federal trial for a hate crime based on the victim’s perceived gender identity.
October 23, 2024
Man Charged in Hate Crime Believed Gay Man's Home Held Demons
Daniel Andrew McGee of Oregon, who faces federal hate-crime charges, told police he'd had nightmares directing him to kill a gay man he met on Grindr.
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