sapphi_snake said:
Hate crimes are not about who the victim was, they're about the motives of the individual who commited the crime. someone who would attack another person for beign black/mexican/gay etc. is more dangerous than someone who would attack another person to steal their money, the same way someone who would take the time to carefully plan a murder is more dangerous than someone who snaps and kills someone on the spur of the moment. |
They're "more dangerous"? How so?
And determining motive is far more difficult and sticky than determining whether the person committed the crime, as there are several shades of grey left up to prosecuting individuals and their individual biases. A crime is a crime. Prosecute it as such. Adding subjective footnotes that increase or decrease time served only weakens the system.
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