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Hate Crimes......what a joke?
Hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation.
The part I don't understand, is what does the motive matter? If perpetrator targets a victim why does it matter if perpetrator does it for hate or any other reason? Murder is murder...Right?
Say for example I hate green people, and I kill a whole green family while committing a home invasion. Is it less of a crime if I had liked green people? All I'm saying is the motive didn't make the people less dead. Think about it most all crime is hate motivated.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think your right, if you murder someone the NAACP should not be able to play the race card or what ever. With that being said, I believe If convicted of murder, the perpetrator should be executed within four weeks of the conviction.
- Anne FLv 41 decade ago
Motive matters in the sentencing phase of all sorts of trials. If I kill you accidentally that's involuntary manslaughter. If I kill you on the spur of the moment when I catch you in bed with my husband, that's voluntary manslaughter. If I lie in wait with a weapon and kill you because I hate gay people, that's murder.