ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. A lot ...

Hate-crime laws sound good on paper. Who wouldn’t want to send a message that violence driven by bigotry is especially unacceptable? But beneath the rhetoric lies a harder truth: these laws don’t ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s attorney general says the state’s Supreme Court could likely strike down any local hate crimes ordinance based on the state’s Constitution and lawmaker ...

A new class at the University of Wisconsin Law School aims to teach students about the perspectives of different people who ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued a legal opinion Monday, clarifying that municipalities in the state do not have the authority to create their own hate crime ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — After a man was arrested late Friday night for destruction of property and disturbing the peace, the victim is now calling for a revision to South Dakota’s hate crime law.