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Wyoming shelves hate crime law, 23 years after Matthew Shepard’s murder

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Matthew Shepard, in 1998.SB 218 was sponsored by Republican Rep. Pat Sweeney.The legislation would apply to offenders who target a victim or their property, “in whole or in part because of the actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, or physical, intellectual or developmental disability of the person affected regardless of whether the belief or perception of the person committing the crime was correct.”It would also require Wyoming law enforcement officers to undergo training to identify and respond to bias-motivated crimes, and the Wyoming Attorney General’s office would have to compile an annual report on hate crimes in the state.Related: The.

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