After Church Was Shot, Renewed Focus On Kentucky’s Hate Crime Laws
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Crimes motivated by hate aren’t treated much differently than other crimes under Kentucky state law.
Criminal Justice
Years Later, A Kentucky Hate Crime Still Reverberates
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July 2, 2004, was not the last time a hateful act was committed in Kentucky. It wasn’t even the last cross burning. But it remains the last time anyone went to federal prison for a racially-motivated hate crime in Kentucky.
Hi, I’m Jasmine Demers, a reporter for KyCIR covering issues related to youth and social services. I’m also a corps member with Report For America, a national program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.