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Originally Posted by Tribesman
How about if someone steals a wallet and also uses the cards in it fraudulently , should he just be charged with the theft or the fraud or should he be charged with both?
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You're talking about two different acts, two different crimes Tribesman. A closer analogy would be:
A charge for stealing the wallet
A charge for thinking about stealing the wallet
A charge for the reason for stealing the wallet
A charge for using the wallets credit cards
A charge for thinking about using the wallets credit cards
A charge for the reason for using the wallets credit cards
Then pile on a hate crime charge on top of all that because the thief and the victim happened to have humanistic differences.
7 charges for what should be two. I just don't see the benefit to anyone except lawyers.
Mookie, I see your point but in most cases true motivations are not easily deduced and I do fear that hate crime laws will be arbitrary and unfairly applied.