In Wisconsin v.Mitchell,the U.S.Supreme Court unanimously held that Wisconsin's hate crime statute,which increased penalties for crimes motivated by hate or by bias,was unconstitutional.

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In Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that Wisconsin's hate crime statute, which increased penalties for crimes motivated by the victim's race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry, was constitutional. The Court ruled that the statute did not violate the First Amendment because it did not punish speech or expressive conduct, but rather the conduct of selecting a victim based on prohibited criteria.

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