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Patrick Wood Crusius, the Texas man indicted in the 2019 Walmart mass shooting, Wednesday pleaded guilty to 90 federal hate crime and firearm violations. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the plea agreement after federal prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty against Crusius. He faces 90 consecutive life sentences; one life sentence for [...]

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The number of reported hate crime incidents and victims decreased in 2009, according to the FBI Hate Crime Statistics report released Monday. The number of reported incidents was down to 6,604 from 7,783 in 2008, while...

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