54. A hate crime has more numerous direct victims than the individual being assaulted.
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 01:49 PM by OneTenthofOnePercent
More intended victims --> more punishment. That makes a helluva lot of sense to me.
The hate crime is done with the intent of sending a message to the community - the intent is to victimize an entire group of people at one in a terrorizing/threatening manner. The punishment is more harsh because the criminal is receiving punishment for the accosted individual AND the members of the target community. It's a stricter punishment that serves as deterrent to crimes against society. It is not more harsh because the criminal happened to hate the victim for any particular reason. However, personal hatred can often be used as evidence in proving necessary motive to substantiate hate crime punishments.
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