(January 5, 2017 at 3:21 pm)Shell B Wrote:(January 5, 2017 at 2:59 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I think hate crimes have a harsher penalty and are considered more serious. (correct me if I'm wrong)
If someone tries to deny a crime being a hate crime, I can see how some could take it as an indirect defense of the act/perpetrator, since it makes the crime less terrible.
It's just not a defense. No one is saying they didn't do it. That's a defense.
Oh I agree. Morally, it is equally terrible. But socially and as far as the law goes, I think hate crimes get a harsher penalty and are just seen as more evil.
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