Brutal attack prompts hate crime bill in Ohio
June 30th, 2008From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
Legislation has been introduced in Ohio that would expand the state’s hate crime law to provide protection to people with disabilities.
The measure was prompted by the attack last February of Ashley Clark, a teenager who has an intellectual disability and was born without limbs. Authorities say she was violently attacked in her rural home by two assailants who tied her up, beat her with a baseball bat, robbed her, cut off her hair and destroyed her prom dress.
The bill’s sponsor says that the attack would qualify as a hate crime if the proposed law were in place because Clark’s disability appears to be a key reason why she was targeted. Even if the bill were passed, it would have no bearing on the trial of the two suspects in the case.
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