MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A bill to expand Alabama's hate crimes law will be up for passage on the Legislature's final meeting day.
The bill would expand the law to cover crimes committed against people because of their sexual orientation. The bill won approval from the Alabama House on Tuesday and from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. That puts the bill in line for consideration by the Senate on May 19, which will be the final meeting day of the 2008 legislative session.
Democratic state Rep. Alvin Holmes of Montgomery got Alabama's current hate crimes law enacted in 1994, and he has been trying to expand it ever since.
The law sets mandatory minimum sentences for crimes committed against people because of their race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity or physical or mental disability.
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that's a long-overdue bill that should be made law A.S.A.P.even though gays are said to be narcotics users.
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ken long
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albertjames
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A bill was introduced in Alabama House to expand Alabama's hate crimes law. It covers crimes of people against sexual orientation. So it punishes the people who commit to crime.
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Stewart
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who ever it is people should be punished who commits the crime.
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