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President Obama signed the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd Jr.Hate Crime Prevention Actinto law in 2009. But the effort to pass this landmark legislation started much earlier.Legislative activists Michael Lieberman and David Stacy were there from the beginning, helping craft and lobby for the legislation which, among other things, expanded federal hate crime laws to include crimes motivated by actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. I worked on the law for 13 years to get it passed, said Lieberman. It was 13 years and 14 separate floor votes between the House and the Senate over that period of time, said Stacy. It made it possible to prosecute cases involving victims who are attacked, targeted because of their sexual orientation. That was not possible under federal law before then, said Lieberman.Matthew Shephard, who s namesake is attached to the bill, was kidnapped, bruta
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥?WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥?Across the country, states are loosening COVID-19 restrictions even though the federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to say people should still wear masks inside public spaces.So how close are we to the end of the health crisis, and why are some public health experts warning of a looming booste
stanley trinkflaschen r shot problem CONDITIONS IMPROVINGPandemic restrictions from California to New York are going away, day by day.Nationwide, cases of COVID-19, which spiked over the holidays and throughout January, are leveling off. There are now fewer than 100,000 COVID-related
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