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Proposed Maryland legislation expands hate crime law

Proposed Maryland legislation expands hate crime law Follow Us Question of the Day     By KIMBERLY SEIF of Capital News Service - Associated Press - Tuesday, February 2, 2021 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Judges will be allowed to require people charged with hate crimes to complete anti-bias education programs if a bill to expand the current Maryland hate crime law is passed. Sen. Shelly Hettleman, D-Baltimore, is sponsoring this bill, SB0220, which aims to use anti-bias education programs to reduce the number of repeat offenders. “We just think it is a very important restorative approach to provide to judges and could have a very positive effect on preventing people from recidivating,” Hettleman said last month during a bill hearing.

Judges Could Require Anti-Bias Education for Hate Crime Offenders Under Maryland Bills

Meredith Weisel, the senior associate regional director of the Maryland Branch of the Anti-Defamation League, who testified in support of the bill at both hearings, believes in the effectiveness of anti-bias education programs. “Hate is a progresssive process,” Weisel said in an interview with Capital News Service. “It is a learned phenomenon that can be unlearned.” In addition to the creation of anti-bias education programs, SB0220 and HB0128 will also add gender expression to the list of statutes that qualify as a hate crime. Maryland’s current hate crime law includes gender identity and expression under the overarching category of sexual orientation and gender.

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