U.S. Attorney Calls Noose Display 'Hate Crime,' Explains Lack of Charges

Under a barrage of questions from House Judiciary Committee members, a federal prosecutor said yesterday that the hanging of nooses at a high school in Jena, La., constituted a hate crime but that charges were not brought because the students allegedly responsible were juveniles.
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Darryl Fears

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