Near Sylacauga, Alabama, on this date in 1999, Billy Jack Gaither, 39, a gay man who worked at the nearby Russell Athletics apparel company, was driven into the woods by Steven Eric Mullins, 25, described as a former skinhead in some media accounts and as a skinhead wannabe in other accounts, and by Charles Monroe Butler, 21, where he was beaten to death, had his throat slit, and was set on fire by Mullins as Butler watched. In his confession to police Mullins, serving a life without parole prison sentence, said that he did not believe Mr. Gaither needed to live any longer and that he had to kill him because he was a "faggot." Witnesses alleged that Mullins, an often unemployed construction worker, had been involved in homosexual acts, and one man testified at Mullins' murder trial that Mullins and he had had oral sex.

In Waikele, Hawaii, on this date in 2007, Gerald D. Paakaula, 44, a Waianae truck driver, beat Staff Sgt. Andrew Dussell into unconsciousness and broke the nose of Dussell's wife, Dawn, 23, after a minor traffic incident in what was largely seen as a race-based attack. Paakaula and his son, who are native Hawaiians, both yelled racial slurs at the white couple at the time of the attack, although the prosecutor—keeping with Hawaii's firm position that hate crimes do not occur in the Aloha State through that state's refusal to report hate crime incidents to the FBI—said the attack was not racially motivated. On December 3, 2007, Paakaula avoided trial and pled guilty to second-degree assault and a reduced charge of third-degree assault. Circuit Judge Steven Alm then sentenced Paakaula to five years in prison. Paakaula previously appeared before Judge Alm in 2002 and pled guilty to whipping his 11-year-old son repeatedly with a belt and punching him in the head. For that assault Paakaula was sentenced to two weeks in jail.

In Benton, Louisiana, at the Bossier Parish Courthouse on this date in 2009, white supremacist Tanya Marie "Little Feather" Smith was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder for her participation in killing Bastrop police officers Charles "Chuck" Wilson and John Smith in 2007 at a Budget Inn motel in Bastrop, Louisiana. Tanya Smith was also convicted on this date by the same jury of eight other charges including possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and gun offenses. On August 10, 2007, Tanya Smith, then 24, a member of the "Aryan Circle" and a woman with an alleged violent history, aided her now-murdered boyfriend, Dennis Clem, 26, in the deaths of Officers Wilson and Smith. At the time of the slayings, the two white supremacists were on the run after allegedly participating in a double-homicide in Houston; Clem was killed in a shootout with police shortly after Officers Wilson and Smith were murdered. Tanya Smith will likely serve life in prison without parole; her sentencing is scheduled for on April 3, 2009. At the time of her conviction on the aforementioned state charges, Smith had already been convicted in federal court (on January 6, 2009) on federal weapons violations related to the murders of the Bastrop police officers, and had been sentenced to 27 years in prison.

At the Twin Valley High School in Wilmington, Vermont, on this date in 2009 a white student, Nicholas Dow, 18, of East Dover, Vermont, is alleged to have punched a black student, pulled his hair, and threatened him with a box cutter, while stating he hated black people. Dow was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a dangerous weapon in a school building, and a hate-motivated crime. If convicted as charged, Nicholas Dow could get up to 15 years in prison.