Las Vegas Hate Crimes Lawyer

Are you looking for a hate crimes attorney in Las Vegas? Hate crimes are crimes motivated by intolerance of certain protected groups. A crime committed specifically because of the victim's race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation or disability is a hate crime. For example, bombing any building is a crime, but bombing a Jewish temple because it's a Jewish temple is a hate crime. Racially motivated lynchings would also be considered hate crimes. Areas with hate-crimes laws believe they have an interest in stopping violence meant to terrorize all members of the targeted group.

Because most hate crimes are already crimes, they're often charged as sentence enhancements to vandalism, assault, battery or arson rather than as separate crimes. In other places, a hate crime is its own crime. Punishments are generally harsher than the punishment for a similar crime that was not motivated by hate.