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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 12:04 PM
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Attacks on homeless become hate crime in Md
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland has become the first state in the nation to protect homeless people under a hate-crimes law.

Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill Thursday that explicitly outlaws targeting people because they are homeless.

The bill was sponsored by a conservative state senator who opposed extending hate-crime protections to gays and lesbians. Since then, Republican Sen. Alex Mooney has lobbied to expand the hate-crimes law to include other groups.

Mooney says the homeless are particularly vulnerable. He introduced the bill four years running before it was approved. Defining such attacks as hate crimes will allow prosecutors to seek tougher penalties.
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Ocracoker16 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 12:13 PM
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1. Victory -I hope other states will develop similar laws
People in Maryland have been trying to get homelessness included in hate crime laws for a long time.
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 12:14 PM
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2. K&R
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 12:34 PM
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3. Good result, wrong reason. n/t
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