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Re: More on hate crime legislation
It seems to me that Will makes a great point for carefully crafted
legislation. He isn't saying there should be none at all, because
the purveyor of "Beat WSU" cannot be prosecuted under the same law as
one who writes "Burn Jews" on the bridge with any reasonable
expectation that the latter criminals will be appropriately punished
assuming they are even prosecuted under current laws--the prosecutor
has to choose how s/he spends OUR resources, and if the penalty is
relatively meaningless to the "odiousness"/outrageous nature of the
crime, charges may never be filed.
MC
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