BJS TO RELEASE FEDERAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS, 2005–19

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. ***EMBARGO UNTIL CONTACT: TANNYR WATKINS, 202-532-3923 THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 TANNYR.M.WATKINS@OJP.USDOJ.GOV ***** MEDIA ADVISORY ***** BJS TO RELEASE FEDERAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS, 2005–19           WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics will issue a press release and report, Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions, 2005–19, EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021, 10 A.M. ET. This report uses data from BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Program to describe criminal prosecutions over federal hate crimes from 2005 to 2019. It presents the number of hate crimes investigated by U.S. attorneys, percentages of suspects who were prosecuted and reasons that U.S. attorneys declined to prosecute. It provides statistics on case disposition in federal court, including sentencing outcomes for defendants who were convicted of a hate crime. The report relies on existing administrative data received from the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Program. WHAT: Press release and report on Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions, 2005–19   (NCJ 300952)     WHO: BJS Statistician Mark Motivans, Ph.D.     WHEN: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 10 a.m. ET     WHERE: bjs.ojp.gov           MEDIA COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS: To access the embargoed press release and the full report now available on the BJS website, send an email to bjspress@usdoj.gov. You must type HATE CRIME in the subject line to receive instructions to access the embargoed press release and the full report. Following publication, the report and press release will be available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.           The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.

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