Hate Crime Laws:
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40a (2001)
Mandates sentence enhancement for "persistent offenders of crimes involving bigotry or bias."
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-37a
Criminalizes deprivation of a person's civil rights while wearing a mask or hood.
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-58
Criminalizes deprivation of rights "on account of religion, national origin, alienage, color, race, sex, blindness or physical disability." Also covers damage to religious objects, symbols or houses of worship, and cross burning.
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-7m (until July 2001)
Mandates data collection of "all crimes motivated by bigotry or bias."
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2000 Ct. ALS 72 (eff. 7/01)
States that the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall monitor, record and classify all crimes committed in the state which are motivated by bigotry or bias.
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