Re: Alleged Wyoming hate crime

[Briana LeClaire <mmsmom1@yahoo.com>]

Scott, you're starting to scare me.  I agree with you!  ;-)

Seriously, I can't think of a worse place for these guys to have done
this than Wyoming.  I imagine folks in the Equality State are a pretty
law-and-order bunch.  We're not talking the bad old South where the
sheriff would have been there helping to tie the rope. 
 
Briana

Scott Dredge <Scott_Dredge@baynetworks.com> wrote:
>
> If local authorities are fairly prosecuting injustices committed
against
> minority groups like homosexuals (the favorite whipping group of the
> Christian Conservatives), then I would agree that we don't need the
federal
> government to intervene.  I'm too young to recall what went on in
the deep
> south during the Civil Rights movement.  My understanding is that that
> African Americans were subjected to horrific injustices that were
not being
> prosecuted or even investigated (and in some cases were being
covered up)
> by the local authorities and it was the feds who had to go in and
handle
> situations like the investigation into the murder of three Civil
Rights
> activists.
> 
> I would also like to hear Lou Sternberg's analysis on this subject.
> 
> -SD
> 
> At 07:33 AM 10/15/98 -0700, Briana LeClaire wrote:
> > >It does suggest that Mr. Probasco's question might 
> >> deserve further analysis and discussion.
> >
> >Well then let's analyze and question it further.  Professor Goble? 
> >Linda Pall?  Any other lawyers out there?  Explain to Professor
> >Probasco and me why we need hate crime legislation when assault,
> >battery, slander and murder are already crimes.
> >
> >Maybe lawyers are the exact wrong people to be asking, but I'll
chance
> >it.  I'd address this question to Tom Trail (a lawmaker) too, but to
> >my knowledge he's out of the country.
> >
> >Thank you -- Briana LeClaire
> >
> 
> 
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