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: TaxProf BlogTaxation Is Not a Hate Crime
Jim Maule (Villanova) decries Massachusetts Representative Stephen Lynch's characterization of a proposed increase of the tax on beer as "a hate crime": There are people who hate taxes, and there are people who think that this nation's labyrinth of tax systems is a crime, but this is the first time...
Full post as published by TaxProf Blog on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

H.R. 1592: When is a ?hate crime? not really a ?hate crime??
As the possible passage of H.R. 1592, the so-called ?hate crimes? bill, looms on Thursday, we need to remember the true agenda behind this bill: Paving the way for advocates of homosexual behavior to censor pro-family speech through future legislation or court decisions...
Hate crime status unlikely for Your Black Muslim Bakery slayings
The July 2007 slaying of Michael Wills, in which two members of Your Black Muslim Bakery have been charged, was tinged with racial overtones, yet those men aren't charged with a hate crime...
Christian Conservatives Oppose Hate-Crime Bill
A proposed expansion of hate-crime laws currently up for debate on Capitol Hill is drawing fire from an unlikely source ? Christian conservatives...
Los Angeles Sees Rise In Hate Crimes, Including Religiously Motivated Incidents
According to an AP story yesterday, hate crimes rose significantly in Los Angeles County, California last year, even though the overall crime rate dropped...
Prosecuting hate
NEW YORK — Police in Polk County, Florida investigated the murder of Ryan Skipper as a hate crime; but you won’t hear about that during the prosecution of Joseph Bearden...
Colt MFG. Guard charged with hate crime www.privateofficer.com
Colt MFG. Guard charged with hate crime www.privateofficer.com WEST HARTFORD CT Feb 4 2009 ? - Police have charged a former armed security officer at Colt Manufacturing with a hate crime after confirming the company’s suspicions that the guard had scrawled swastikas on office desks and also attempted to steal a rifle and a laptop computer...
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Can someone detained in a search w/ warrant, be charged with a crime related to the search if they were not arrested at the time of the search?
The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
Must a criminal suspect be read their mirana rights before being asked by the police for a confession?
before any questioning can take place for a criminal offence that you are being...
Doesn't Federal Law overide State Laws?
I believe there is some confusion on the context of the act. It is a state crime...
A friend living in the state of Michigan got fired from a job because of his criminal background. His crime had been committed over 15 years ago. Is there a statute of limitations covering when you don't have to tell an
Two issues. What background information one is required to share during the inte...
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Can someone detained in a search w/ warrant, be charged with a crime related to the search if they were not arrested at the time of the search?
The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
Must a criminal suspect be read their mirana rights before being asked by the police for a confession?
before any questioning can take place for a criminal offence that you are being...
Doesn't Federal Law overide State Laws?
I believe there is some confusion on the context of the act. It is a state crime...
A friend living in the state of Michigan got fired from a job because of his criminal background. His crime had been committed over 15 years ago. Is there a statute of limitations covering when you don't have to tell an
Two issues. What background information one is required to share during the inte...








