hate crime: Quick Facts

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Boulder firebomber pleads guilty to federal hate crime charges, avoiding death penalty • Oct. 29, 2026, 12:58 PM ET (The Denver Post)

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Louvon Harris as Betty Byrd Boatner and Judy Shepard stand nearby, in a formal room with gold curtains and white walls.

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Bernhard Goetz walks outside a courthouse building in the Bronx, New York, holding papers and wearing glasses, a beige jacket, and dark pants.

Bernhard Goetz

American vigilante