Sens. Gordon Smith And Ted Kennedy Reintroduce Hate Crimes Legislation

WASHINGTON - APRIL 12: Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and mother of hate crime victim Matthew Shepard, stands next to a photograph of the fence where Matthew was murdered, during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol April 12, 2007 in Washington, DC. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) announced they would name their new legislation, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, in honor of Matthew Shepard. 21-year-old Shepard was murdered when he was brutally beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead in an anti-gay hate crime in Wyoming in October 1998. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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