Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 3046 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as “The Hate-Motivated Crimes Act”.
14 V.I.C. § 3047 Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter:(a) “Enhanced penalty” means a statutory enhancement where the sentence is increased significantly and could double or more the sentence for the underlying crime for an offender who intentionally selects a victim based upon at least in part, the victim…
14 V.I.C. § 3048 Penalties
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(a) A person who willfully commits, causes to be committed or attempts to commit any crime and whose conduct is maliciously motivated by prejudice of the victim’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation or gen…
14 V.I.C. § 3049 Evidence
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In a prosecution for an offense under this section, evidence of expression or associations of the defendant may not be introduced as substantive evidence at trial, unless the evidence specifically relates to that offense. However, nothing in this section affects the rules of evid…
14 V.I.C. § 3050 Separability
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If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this chapter and the application of the provisions of this chapter to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
14 V.I.C. § 3051 Construction
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Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by or any activities protected by the Free Speech or Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.