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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
Thank you, Mystic Cat for the clarification. The Chief Justice has spoken! I guess this is why the Feds are waiting for NJ to decide how to classify this case to proceed.
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I should have clarified that there is also a federal hate crime law that might apply in this case -- the Matthew Shepard Act. The FBI's description seems to be a description of that law.
Still, always worth remembering that there is no one definition of hate crime. The relevant definitions here will be the federal definition and New Jersey's.