1998 story: Legacy of a hate crime: Mulugeta Seraw’s death a decade ago avenged

The killing sent three of Portland’s sons to prison. It launched a war among Skinheads. It prompted a series of hate crimes and a groundbreaking state law to monitor them. It galvanized the horrified citizens of Portland against racism. And it led to a landmark trial that pitted a famous civil rights lawyer against the West’s most notorious neo-Nazi.