Criminal
Jul. 25, 2018
Counties have different experiences on relating hate crime reports to prosecutions.
The number of reported hate crimes in California is up by more than 17 percent. Experts disagree on what the figure means for the criminal justice system.
A recent California Department of Justice report showed double-digit increases in the number of hate crimes reported by law enforcement agencies across all bias dimensions, including race, religion and sexual orientation.
But what actually sparked the jump — and whether the number of reports translates to an increase in prosecutable crimes — is up for debate among attorneys and experts.
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