hate crime

Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, who was convicted in March of a hate crime for using a webcam to spy on his roommate's same-sex intimate encounter two years ago, was sentenced.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi teenager has been indicted for capital murder and a hate crime on charges he intentionally ran over a middle-age black man with a pickup truck.

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details and graphic language. Video captured by a Mississippi surveillance camera shows a group of teens killing a man in an alleged hate crime, the district attorney says. Video shows 49-year-old auto plant worker James C. Anderson being beaten before being run over with a pickup truck, CNN reported.