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Del Tachi
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« on: June 21, 2020, 05:36:06 PM »

No, as there should be no such thing as a "hate crime".  A crime is a crime and should be tried the same regardless of the apparent motivation. 
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2020, 09:31:27 PM »

No, as there should be no such thing as a "hate crime".  A crime is a crime and should be tried the same regardless of the apparent motivation. 

Measuring the severity and Punishment of crimes based on their varying motivation predates English common law. There's nothing PC about this.

Only when determining motivation is an integral part of identifying the criminal act, like when determining whether to charge first degree murder or lower degrees.  This sort of standard has never been used for crimes like robbery or arson.
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