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Podcast: Michigan in Focus
Episode: Michigan Senate Poised to Pass Bills Threatening Felony, $10K Fine for Intimidation
Description: The Michigan Senate is poised to pass bills that would make intimidating speech a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Critics say the bills would criminalize speech protected by the First Amendment. House Bills 4474, 4475, 4476, and 4477 aim to prohibit hate crimes, institutional desecration and crime of ethnic intimidation. The House already passed the bills.
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