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Newspaper Articles

Men Sentenced for Hate Crimes; New York Times, Jan. 9, 2002

David Duke's Organization Demands Hate Crime Prosecutions; Daily Progress, Feb. 7, 2002

Charlottesville Police: Race Crime Label Premature; Daily Progress, Feb. 9, 2002

Assault Arrests Thrust Hate-Crime Laws into Spotlight; Daily Progress, Feb. 10 , 2002

10 Black Teens Arrested in UVa Attacks; Washington Times, Feb. 14, 2002

David Duke's Organization Asks FBI to Probe Attacks; Daily Progress, Feb. 20, 2002

FBI Turns Down Request to Investigate Local Beatings; Daily Progress, Feb. 21 , 2002

Students Condemn Coverage of Attacks; Daily Progress, Feb. 21, 2002

College Town Confronts Issues of Race; Washington Post, Feb. 27, 2002

Committees grapple with justice issues; Daily Progress, Feb. 28, 2002

Deliveryman Who Beat Immigrant Gets 60 Days; Washington Post, Mar. 8, 2002

City Spokesman Won't Help Group With Letter; Daily Progress, Mar. 16, 2002

Busy Teens Less Likely to Find Trouble; Daily Progress, Mar. 18, 2002

Teens Will Not Face Race-Based Charges; Daily Progress, Mar. 29, 2002

Dave Chapman Comments on Motives for Assaults Against University Students; Daily Progress, Mar. 31, 2002

Ruling in UVa Attack Case Tests New Method of Justice; Daily Progress, Apr. 2, 2002

Rob Schilling Criticizes Handling of Assaults on UVa Students; Daily Progress, Apr. 3, 2002

Six Plead Guilty to Attacks on Students; Cavalier Daily, Apr. 10, 2002

Two Plead Guilty to Attacks on Students; Daily Progress, April 17, 2002

Black Dissent: Not Everyone Loves the Attacking Teens; The Hook, Apr. 25, 2002

Judge Sentences Teens Involved in Beatings; Daily Progress, June 5, 2002

CHS Teens Face the Music, The Hook, June 13, 2002


Opinion

UVa Panel Debates Finer Points of Hate Crime Laws; Daily Progress, Nov. 6, 2000

The Folly of Hate Crime Laws; Counterpunch, May 14, 2001

Attacks Raise Controversies/ Discuss Them; Daily Progress, Feb. 6, 2002

Should hate crime legislation be applied to minority-committed crime?; The Hook, Feb. 14, 2002

'Care Should Precede Charges of Hate Crime'; Daily Progress, Feb. 21, 2002

Controversy is Better than Fearful Silence; Daily Progress, Feb. 22, 2002

Millie Fife Comments About "Talk of Charlottesville" Forum to Address Attacks on UVA Students; Feb. 23, 2002

Downing Smith Comments About Assaults Against UVA Students, Charlottesville High School and Coverage by the Media; Feb. 27, 2002

Mike Brown Comments About Assaults Against UVA Students and Coverage by the Media; Feb. 27, 2002

How can we prevent more student attacks? Daily Progress, Mar. 3, 2002

Raging Sensationalism? Should Critics Study Journalism 101?; The Hook, Mar. 7, 2002

Downing Smith Comments on Hate Crimes and a Double Standard; Mar. 20, 2002

Hold assailants accountable for their behavior, and no excuses! Daily Progress, Mar. 21, 2002

Cartoon by McNabb; Observer, Apr. 3, 2002

Downing Smith Comments on Gordon Fields' Conviction; Apr. 12, 2002

Lloyd Snook Responds to Downing Smith About Alvin Edwards' Comments; Apr. 12, 2002

Justin Frazier Comments on Hate Crimes and Assaults; Apr. 13, 2002


Questions and Interviews

Transformative Revenge; New York Times, Apr. 6, 2002

Loper Questions; Apr. 10, 2002

Jim Heilman; Apr. 16, 2002

Rabbi Dan Alexander; Apr. 17, 2002

Karen Lilleleht; Apr. 17, 2002

Rev. Alvin Edwards; Apr. 22, 2002

Alicia Lugo; Apr. 22, 2002

Millie Fife; May 6, 2002

Kevin Cox; May 8, 2002

Ron Doggett; May 8, 2002

Jeff Peyton; May 8, 2002

Charles Lancaster; May 13, 2002

Herman Key; May 13, 2002

Randolph Byrd; May 13, 2002

M. Rick Turner; May 13, 2002

Meredith Richards; May 20, 2002


Data and Information

Legislation 'Unnecessary'; July, 1998

Motive Matters; July, 1998

Clery Act Reports

Overview of Hate Crimes Laws; NGLTF, 2001

Improving the Quality and Accuracy of Bias Crime Statistics

Hate Crime Laws Overview; ADL, 2002

FBI Reports of Hate Crimes; Feb. 26, 2002

Dubious Data; Mar. 11, 2002

Charlottesville Police Bias Crime Reports 1998 - 2002; Mar. 19, 2002

Bias-Related Incidents and the Law; Apr. 1, 2002

Albemarle County Police Bias Crime Reports 1997 - 2001; Apr. 11, 2002


State and Official Documents

Virginia Hate Crime Statutes

Albemarle County Statement on Hate Crimes; Nov. 1998

City of Charlottesville Resolution Urging the Addition of Sexual Orientation to the Protected Categories; Jan. 1999

Statement by the Mayor of Charlottesville; Feb. 8, 2002


Other Resources

About.com Hate Crime Guide

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith

The Center for Criminal Justice Policy Research

Center for Democratic Renewal

Civil Rights Review

David Duke OnLine

EURO

Justice Research and Statistics Association

NAACP

NGLTF Policy Institute

Prison Fellowship International - Restorative Justice

Southern Poverty Law Center

Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission

Virginians for Justice

Virginia State Police Uniform Crime Reporting

Virginia Youth Violence Project


Comments? Questions? Write me at george@loper.org.