Any payments or compensation are in addition to restitution payments required under Penal Code section 1203.04. States that it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage counties, cities, and school districts to establish education and training programs to prevent violations of civil rights and hate crimes. Miscellaneous Penal Code provisions relating to hate crimes Penal Code section 136.2 Protective orders Some protections against further harm to, intimidation of, or dissuasion of hate crimes victims and witnesses by the accused perpetrator are available through the district attorney or city attorney who is prosecuting the hate crime. Once criminal charges are filed under the Bane Civil Rights Act, or under any other criminal statute, hate crimes victims have the right to a court order prohibiting any additional harassment, or any communication or contact at all. Once a section 136.2 order is issued, copies are distributed to each protected person, each defendant, and to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Orders are immediately enforceable by law enforcement agencies.
Violation of order can be misdemeanor, or felony, if accompanied by force or threat of force. Creates a felony when someone already convicted of a felony communicates to witnesses, victims, informants or their immediate families a credible threat to use force or violence. Creates a misdemeanor when someone communicates to witnesses, victims, informants or their immediate families a credible threat to use force or violence but does not require that the perpetrator already be convicted of a related crime. Provides a death penalty or sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole for murder because of the victim's race, color, religion, nationality or national origin. Establishes a misdemeanor to intentionally disturb a group of people who have met to worship .