England and Wales add hate crimes amendment
Homophobic attacks in England and Wales are to be treated as "hate crimes" in a new amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill that will be debated next week. The amendment is designed to reduce the number of gay motivated attacks and to encourage victims of homophobia to report the crimes. The changes which include sexual orientation and disability, were needed to allow judges and magistrates to hand out harsher prison sentences, sending a strong signal that homophobic attacks would not be tolerated. Rainbow Network
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