Posted on 10/14/2009 3:44:18 AM PDT by Scanian
THE Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which President Obama plans to sign soon, is named after two men who were murdered in 1998. Shepard, a gay college student, was beaten to death in Wyoming. Byrd, a black hitchhiker, was dragged to death behind a pickup truck in Texas. Bigotry seemed to play a role in both crimes.
Here is something else Matthew Shepard and James Byrd have in common: Their killers were arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison or death -- all without the benefit of hate-crime laws, state or federal.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Exactly what is the correct emotional component of homicide that is acceptable to the judiciary?
What the f*gs want to do is intimidate anyone who would get in their face over having a pass made by said f*gs.
Hate crime legislation is just affirmative action in a new form.
Damn, common sense from the MSM? Do my eyes deceive me?
Congress submits it has the authority to pass "hate crime" legislation on the idiotic argument that these "hate crimes" have a "substantial effect on interstated commerce".
This is the NY Post, not Times. A decidedly more conservative bird cage liner.
Still no Jesse Dirhising hate crimes legislation.
What a way to put it! Murder is murder - enforce the law. I guess they got “enforce” mixed up with “enhance”...
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