article_snippet: The Lafayette County district attorney said in 2014 that state charges wouldn't be filed because no state laws were broken.
article_snippet: Mississippi's hate crime law requires an underlying crime for additional charges.
article_snippet: Because the statute wasn't marred or broken, prosecutors said typical vandalism charges didn't apply.
article_snippet: The punishment for conspiracy to violate civil rights ranges to up to ten years in prison.
article_snippet: Threat of force to intimidate is punishable by up to one year in prison.