(February 5, 2010 at 12:16 pm)Gilligan Wrote: I know many people find street preachers to be annoying, but what do you think should happen to the shooter? Should not hate crime laws cover those who do this if the victims were shot for being Christians?
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/...11257.html
2 people were murdered. That's bad, and illegal. Jeriah Woody will be processed by the justice system, and depending on the circumstance, he may be charged with hate crimes.
Should they be charge with hate crimes? If the crime is proven to be motivated by the preachers' religion, then it will probably result in hate crime charges.
The discussion that's being skipped over here due to Minimalist being a dick is that hate crime laws are thought-crime and have no place in the legal system. The law, as is, allows for great variance in sentencing and this is where things like racism and hate should be handled.
If you are charged with killing someone, you'll be punished. If you killed someone because they are black and you don't like black people, I'd say that should make you eligible for a harsher sentence not because hating black people is a crime, but because you're fucking crazy.
- Meatball
