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Defense calls no witnesses in Amish attacks trial
CLEVELAND (AP) — Defense attorneys didn't call any witnesses in the trial of 16 people accused of carrying out the hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish after prosecutors wrapped up their case Tuesday. Testimony ended two weeks after the hate...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Defendants, Justice System, Amish
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Amish woman says hair-cut attacks done out of love
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Amish woman says she and brothers cut the hair of her parents in Ohio to help them get to heaven. The woman tells jurors hearing the hate crimes trial of 16 members of a breakaway Amish group that her siblings had been worried...
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Police: Michigan St. student attack not likely hate crime
DETROIT (AP) — Police say an attack on a Michigan State University student at an off-campus party is not likely a hate crime. Zach Tennen says he was at a party when two men asked if he was Jewish, and when he responded "yes," punched him in the...Tags: Michigan State University
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Judge rejects Ohio Amish hate crime law challenge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has rejected a challenge of the federal hate crimes law by Amish defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio. The defendants argue the alleged attacks last fall weren't hate crimes but...Tags: Justice System, Amish, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Holocaust center to open in W. Mich.
MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — A center devoted to studying genocide and the Holocaust may open soon at Muskegon Community College. Muskegon's Shoah Remembrance Committee will use space on the MCC campus. The Rev. Chris Anderson tells The...Tags: Genocide, Massacres, Judaism, World War II (1939-1945), Religion and Belief
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Feds to decide if Kansas fire attack is hate crime
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's office in Kansas is weighing federal hate crime charges against two white men investigators say attacked a 54-year-old black man and set him on fire. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Justice System
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APNewsBreak: Basement case could be US hate crime
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The case of the four disabled adults found locked in a Philadelphia basement may become one of the first prosecuted under a 2009 federal hate-crimes law. The FBI is taking a broad look at the apparent Social Security fraud case,...Tags: FBI, Crime Victims, Crimes, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Matthew Shepard
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12 defendants in Ohio Amish attacks join challenge
CLEVELAND (AP) — Twelve defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are challenging the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes law. University of Akron Law professor J. Dean Carro, who filed one of the challenges, said...Tags: Justice System, Defendants, Amish, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice
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Court OKs genocide lawsuit against mining company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a London-based mining company can be sued in the United States on allegations it aided the government of Papua New Guinea in genocide and war crimes. The lawsuit was filed by residents...Tags: Genocide, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, National Government, File Sharing, Politics
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Report details warning for fired Michigan assistant AG
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Documents say a former assistant state attorney general who was fired after being accused of harassing the gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan was previously warned about using state resources for...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Minority Groups, Chris Armstrong, Elections
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Hate crime charges in Md. McDonald's beating
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted two teens on hate crime charges in the beating of a transgender woman at a McDonald's restaurant that was caught on video. The indictment returned Monday by a Baltimore County grand jury charges Teonna...Tags: Baltimore County, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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O.C. hate crimes fall; attacks based on sexual orientation rise
The number of reported hate crimes in Orange County fell by 21% last year, even though such crimes based on sexual orientation almost doubled, according to a report released Thursday. The Orange County Human Relations Commission found that 61 hate...Tags: Islam, Judaism, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief
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