Federal authorities called his murder a hate crime, inspired by the victim's race or nationality.
Prosecutors said Erika Menendez, 31, was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime.
Being charged with murder as a hate crime means he could face a harsher sentence if convicted.
This week, Maryland will likely join 30 other states that denote violence against gays as a hate crime.
And during the course of the investigation we uncovered absolutely nothing that indicated this was a hate crime.
Legislation is under consideration to significantly broaden what can be prosecuted as a hate crime, CNN has learned.
Morales faces a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime, authorities said.
The "I Want to Report a Hate Crime" card aims to tackle prejudice and crime against someone with a disability.
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However, former director of public prosecutions, Lord Macdonald, said he had reservations about changing the legal definition of a hate crime.
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The judge at the trial of the five teenage attackers called the assault on Lancaster and her boyfriend a hate crime.
"They don't want to push that issue, " he said, adding that he thinks they also don't want to investigate a hate crime.
Champion told CNN that there is "no evidence at all" that Darby killed Butts out of hate, or as a hate crime.
The protesters said they should have been charged with a hate crime.
Police say a man charged with murder as a hate crime shot Carson in the middle of one of the city's most progressive neighborhoods.
Disability charity Mencap has estimated as many as nine out of 10 people with a learning disability has been a victim of a hate crime.
Many African-Americans in northern Mississippi say they believe the district attorney in the Butts case is not pursuing a hate crime because of his race.
Albany police released the footage after charging 47-year-old Yiqiang Wu of Schenectady with assault as a hate crime for Thursday's fight at a checkout line.
If the victim says they are an emo, and believes they were victimised because of it, Manchester police would treat it as a hate crime.
We have made it clear what people should do when they believe that they have been a victim of or witness to a hate crime.
Under Mr Clinton's proposal, a hate crime could take place anywhere.
"If you accept the interpretation that this is a hate crime, then any dispute within a religious group could be called a hate crime, " Feldman said.
Fred Butts said he believes more was said in the car before the teens hit Butts, and he said he believes it was a hate crime.
Police say a man charged with murder as a hate crime shot Carson in the head in the heart of one of the city's most progressive neighborhoods.
The argument that Feldman finds most interesting is that the prosecution of the Amish for a hate crime is an overly broad interpretation of the federal statute.
Federal law recognises a hate crime, and beefs up the penalty accordingly, whenever a victim seems to be picked on because of his race, colour, religion or national origin.
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One reason a hate crime has been ruled out, Champion said, is that the teens in the car that morning could not see whether Johnny Butts was black or white.
Ravi was found guilty in March of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation (a hate crime), and tampering with evidence, and could have faced up to 10 years in prison.
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If we start corralling every white Southern grandpa who ever committed a hate crime, we may have to throw a dragnet over every old folks home south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
New York (CNN) -- Police are investigating the slaying of a 32-year-old man in the Greenwich Village neighborhood early Saturday as a hate crime because the gunman made multiple anti-gay comments, they said.
Experts warned that the numbers may reflect different standards for what constitutes a hate crime, as well as the inability of some law enforcement agencies to coordinate the report because of budget constraints.
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