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by Excaliber
Fri Oct 15, 2010 1:24 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: The potentially horrific consequences of a car jacking
Replies: 20
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Re: The potentially horrific consequences of a car jacking

The prosecution of this horrific crime is another example of why so called "hate crime" penalty enhancements make no sense whatsoever.

The people who committed these heinous acts clearly didn't do so out of love.

The only state of mind that should be relevant to a prosecution is the degree of intent - intentionally, recklessly, with criminal negligence, etc, and penalties should be set in accordance to the crime.

Motivation behind the intent is speculative and irrelevant. Attempting to separate crimes with certain motivations from others is only useful for currying favor with some groups and denying equal protection to others.

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