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Hate crimes are on the rise − but the narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict

  • Written by Jeannine Bell, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
Hate crimes are on the rise − but the narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convictA Hasidic man walks past a police patrol car in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

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