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Re: Alleged Wyoming hate crime

While I deplore the sorry event in Wyoming, I do not perceive how
including the federal government would have changed anything.  

Wyoming already has laws against assault and battery (and murder).  What
difference would another layer of legislation have provided?
	Bob Probasco


On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Scott Dredge wrote:
> I believe that we should enact federal legislation to uniformly enforce
> punishment across the nation in cases involving hate crimes.
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