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Defendant Timothy J. Kelleher was ultimately found guilty of assault and battery but not with “intent to intimidate??—Mass. state law’s way of describing a crime motivated by hate. And the case against a second man, who reportedly told the victim that, “We’ll follow you all the way back to your apartment, you fucking Jewish faggot,” was dropped, at the urging of the prosecutor...
...court’s failure to find Kelleher guilty of “intent to intimidate?? has shed light on a phenomenon that several attorneys and criminal law professors say is a reality in the legal system today: Perhaps easy to prosecute in the court of public opinion, hate crimes are just much too difficult to prosecute in a court...
...hate-crime conviction is a high standard to meet, even in places like Massachusetts where the “intent to intimidate?? is written into law and convicted suspects are slapped with an extra two and a half years in prison for assaults and batteries...
...defendants, Timothy J. Kelleher and Jose T. Sousa, are charged each with one count of assault and battery and another count of assault and battery to intimidate??both misdemeanor charges...
...stunning concession by Solicitor General Paul D. Clement comes after an Air Force colonel wrote in 2002 that law schools could lose federal funds if they “intimidate?? students who are interested in joining the military...