Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Victim
Date Enacted:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Short Title:
"Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act"
Classification:
18 USC 1 (note)
PL:
111-84, div E
Statute At Large:
123 Stat 2835
Named For?:
Matthew Shepard was the victim of a hate crime, beaten to death in Laramie, WY in 1998 by two men because he was gay. Jame Byrd, an African-American man from Texas, was killed in 1998 by two white supremacists who chained him to a pickup truck and dragged him to death.
Link/Source:
"Obama signs hate-crimes law rooted in crimes of 1998," USA Today, Oct. 28, 2009. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000629/1
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title and division title; check original bills -- think the full title changed through the legislative history