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Criminal Hate Cases

Criminal cases involving hate crime.
Profile of Serial Killer Joseph Paul Franklin
Joseph Paul Franklin is a serial extremist killer whose crimes were motivated by a pathological hatred of African Americans and Jews.
India: Hindu-Muslim Hate Crime to be Retried
In 2002, a Hindu mob attacked a bakery Gujarat and killed 14, including two Muslims who were burnt alive in ovens.
The 'Mississippi Burning' Case
The civil rights workers vanished one night in Mississippi, their bodies later discovered buried in a dam site. Nineteen Klu Klux Klan members were arrested in connection to the three men's murder. But many connected, went free.
The Murders and Trial - Mississippi Burning
The FBI pieced together events of the night the three civil rights workers were murdered in June 1964 in what became known as the Mississippi Burning case.
Agnostic Neo-Nazis
A gang of teens in New Jersey, calling themselves the Agnostic Neo-Nazis, covers a community in hateful graffiti.
Bill's Story: Portrait of a Son's Suicide
On May 8, 1995, Bill Clayton, 17, committed suicide after having been brutally assaulted for being bisexual.
Killing Time
Dan Rather talks with Renee and Ross Byrd about their meeting with the man who helped kill their father, and the terrifying story of the night James Byrd Jr. died.
Matthew Wayne Shepard
A compelling essay about the young man, Matthew Shepard, who, on Friday October 16, 1998, was brutally beaten by two young men, simply because he was gay. The page also contains links to other Matthew Shepard web sites, including that of his parents.
Remember Victims of Hate Crimes
Budord O'Neal Furrow Jr., toting an assault weapon, had one thing on his mind when he walked into the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, which was filled with children. He wanted to kill Jews.

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