To: allmendream
Why of course it doesn’t. Sounds to me like the jury is stuck on “hate crime” rather than on “murder.” This “hate crime” nonsense never belonged in the legal lexicon.
92 posted on
09/01/2011 4:20:13 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: HiTech RedNeck
I agree. It should be acts and acts alone that are punishable by law - not the thoughts that went into the acts. Intent is one thing, and I think it a good thing to establish intent - but punishing someone more because of their thinking is tantamount to a “thought-crime”.
101 posted on
09/01/2011 4:30:35 PM PDT by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
All crime to some extent is based on hate or some other sick emotion. Yet, even in cases in which a person hated another person to the point of murdering them, they aren’t tried in such a manner. This is why hate crimes are bullshit.
105 posted on
09/01/2011 4:37:01 PM PDT by
benjibrowder
(For Neda. May God bless those fighting for freedom.)
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