Whatever happened to looking something up or just saying I don't know?
You don't have to like reality, but you have to accept it.
"hate laws are only used to Prosecute White's it is not a hate crime if 20 Black's stomp a white to death while screaming Honky, White trash, White Bread."
WRONG. Minorities can also be convicted of hate crimes against whites and other minorities.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hatecm.htm#race
"Hate crime laws are, IMO, unconstitutional. "
WRONG. The Supreme Court has stated that they are constitutional. This is what CONSERVATIVE Chief Justice William Renqhuist said:
"Moreover, the Wisconsin statute singles out for enhancement bias-inspired conduct because this conduct is thought to inflict greater individual and societal harm. For example, according to the State and its amici, bias-motivated crimes are more likely to provoke retaliatory crimes, inflict distinct emotional harms on their victims, and incite community unrest."
2007-12-11
08:15:28
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"The State's desire to redress these perceived harms provides an adequate explanation for its penalty-enhancement provision over and above mere disagreement with offenders' beliefs or biases. As Blackstone said long ago, "it is but reasonable that, among crimes of different natures, those should be most severely punished which are the most destructive of the public safety and happiness..."
"For the foregoing reasons, we hold that Mitchell's First Amendment rights were not violated by the application of the Wisconsin penalty-enhancement provision in sentencing him. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin is therefore reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. "
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=508&invol=476
2007-12-11
08:16:04 ·
update #1