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The number of hate crimes recorded in 2020 rose to the highest level in 12 years, with attacks on Black and Asian people driving the surge, according to data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Atlanta DA Fani Willis has filed court papers declaring her intention to seek the death penalty for Robert Aaron Long, the suspect accused of murdering four people at two Asian-run day spas there, and designating the case as a hate crime based on race or gender.
The number of suspects investigated by federal attorneys in hate crime cases declined between 2005 and 2019, although the conviction rate for hate crimes increased, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
A three-judge panel found Roof competent to stand trial and rejected claims of mental illness. Roof was convicted in the killing nine Black parishioners at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. as they prayed during Bible study in 2015.
Despite legislation and other efforts aimed at curbing anti-Asian hate crimes, there has been no decline in frequency. Some 4,533 incidents happened in 2021, which was roughly the same number reported in 2020.
A new report from the Movement Advancement Project, and backed by more than a dozen other national advocacy organizations, has found that hate crime laws across the nation are inconsistent and incomplete when it comes to addressing bias-motivated crimes.
Statutes meant to protect racial minorities and marginalized groups are less effective than they should be, and in some cases even discourage hate crime victims from coming forward, says a new report by the Movement Advancement Project.
If convicted in four more shooting deaths, Robert Aaron Long faces the death penalty in connection with the March 2020 mass shooting at three massage businesses.
An analysis of news reports and court documents have found that more than four dozen nooses have been reported at 40 building sites and offices across the United States and Canada since 2015, but rarely result in meaningful consequences for those responsible,
In 2019, hate crimes in the U.S. rose to their highest level in more than a decade, but the number of federal investigations has been dropping over the past 15 years, says the Bureau of Justice Statistics.