The ______ directed the Sentencing Commission to provide sentencing enhancement (add time to a sentence) for those crimes proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be hate crimes.

A. Justice for All Act
B. Victims of Crime Act
C. Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act
D. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act


Ans: D

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