If I’m not mistaken the prosecutor in this case is not going to charge the defendants with a hate crime charge because they were friends with some white people.
Meaning a few of them had white girl friends they screwed from time to time.
http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2007/05/knoxville-horror-trial-dates-set-msm.html
They don't need to be charged with a hate crime. Murder with the addition of rape should be a capitol offense already. We just need to convict them of what they clearly did and fry them as quickly as possible.
Bill
This criticism was also fueled by erroneous reports of dismemberment, mutilations, and the duration of Christian's rapes allegedly committed by the suspects, especially in early reports. Most of the original reports were later denied by the District Attorney, along with misinformation reported from a federal deputy in the arresting state of Kentucky shortly after the suspects were apprehended. This misinformation was capitalized on by white nationalist groups promoting two small demonstrations in Knoxville against the crime and its lack of mainstream media coverage.
Police Chief Sterling Owen IV said that there is no indication the crimes were racially motivated, and that the murders and assault "appears to have been a random violent act." "There is absolutely no proof of a hate crime," said John Gill, special counsel to Knox County District Atty. Randy Nichols. "We know from our investigation that the people charged in this case were friends with white people, socialized with white people, dated white people. So not only is there no evidence of any racial animus, there's evidence to the contrary."
Some commentators have disagreed, notably including white nationalist Hal Turner, claiming that such a crime would include a motive of racial hate. This viewpoint was also repeated, along with erroneous rumors about the crime, in some conservative-leaning media, including blogger Michelle Malkin on Fox News's O'Reilly Factor program. Prior the DA's statement, Newsom's mother sympathized with the "hate crime" position, stating "It may have started out as a carjacking, but what it developed into was blacks hating whites". Christian's father (addressed those who are using his daughter's death to suit their own agenda) appeared ambivalent, stating "[the crime] ain't about you."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom
A poster to an NPR thread on the subject states: "We'll have to wait a year for that since the judge has now sealed the information".