Is this sentance harsh enough?

[pizzahut451]

sapphi_snake said:

pizzahut451 said:

sapphi_snake said:

pizzahut451 said:

But if the person attacks the white middle aged guy simply because he hates him, thats not a hate crime and the guy should get a smaller sentence, right?

Again, hate crimes refer to groups, and are meant to targert a certain type of criminal (one who thinks harassing/assaulting/killing a group of people due to certain characteristics that group possese is justified and right).

Hate crimes refer to the crimes that involve hate. than pretty much every type of aussault and murder. is a hate crime. Because every person belongs to a certan group of people.The motive is not important. Its the crime itself. A guy who beat up a gay person shouldnt get a higher sentence than a guy who beat up straight person, even if he does hate gay people.

The motive is very important to establish how dangerous the individual is, and how likely he's able to be rehabilitated. It's not so much WHO was attacked/harassed/killed etc., but rather WHY the criminal acted the way he/she did.

Whats really important is WHAT did the offender did to his victim. Than we can talk about motive. IMO it should go something like this.

1.WHAT did the criminal do

2.WHY did he do it

3.To whom he did it