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hate crimes and death threats  

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  • Hate crimes, also known as bias crimes, are crimes against people, property, or society that are motivated, in part, by a bias against real or perceived characteristics of the victims. Hate crimes include a wide array of criminal offenses, such as murder, death threats, church burning, theft, and vandalism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Hate Crimes and Death Threats]

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