91.   Co-sponsored by US Senator Edward Kennedy, the amendment adds violence motivated by gender, sexual orientation, and disability to the roster of hate crimes.

92.   County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said there must be zero tolerance for hate crimes in the community.

93.   Countywide, racial hate crimes were by far the leading category.

94.   Criticism of government handling of hate crimes also extends to the council chambers.

95.   Critics of the Christian right movement agreed that the Fort Worth shootings qualify as a hate crime, but they disputed assertions that the church deaths were quickly forgotten.

96.   Current law allows federal prosecution of hate crimes under limited circumstances.

97.   Devin Burghart of the Center for New Community, which monitors hate crimes, thinks an Ashcroft Justice Department would soft-pedal federal action on hate crimes.

98.   Davis focused his legislation on so-called hate groups, proposing to expand their definition to include two or more people who associate for the purpose of committing hate crimes.

99.   Donahue was convicted of second-degree murder and robbery as a hate crime, while Dodge was convicted of third-degree murder as a hate crime.

100.   Deputy Ron Bottomley said the crime appeared to be a robbery-homicide, but family members said the timing of the incident points to a hate crime.