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Originally Posted by christiangirl
I'm going to have to put some of these in my sig. 
As ridiculously foolish as that statement sounds, Law-boy has a point. A crime can't be a hate crime because it's motivated by hate alone. It also has to be motivated by a prejudice and/or intolerance of some sort--without that second part, it doesn't legally fit the category.
I'm really disappointed about the bail being denied, but I'm sending him a letter of encouragement tomorrow. While I definitely believe those boys were never innocent and all deserved punishment, Mychal has been through enough. If he hasn't learned a lesson after all this (and I believe he has), no amount of jail time is going to teach him. It's time to let this boy get on with his life. |
He may have a point but it still "subject to interpretation"...let's see who they get to 'interpret' the hate laws in the Logan 6 case as well.
BTW...I did find an FAQ
http://www.acjnet.org/youthfaq/define.html
and another link
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/offen...ime/index.html
and they are subject to law boy's interpretation as well...
I am also sure he can provide us with some other illuminating links that can clearly (or murkily) define what get's defined as a hate crime.
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