Road Rage to the Max

"Alvin E. Toda" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
news:1172808900-sch@news.lava.net...
....
> The unique thing about hate crimes is that it is
> usually difficult to find justice when the victim is a
> minority. Juries of peers will tend to support their
> own. But a more severe penalty will even out the risk
> of the trial to the defendant.

I'm not sure I understand.
Are the hate laws there to favor a minority that otherwise
would be mistreated by the justice system?
/Lars J

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Lars Johansson wrote:

> "Alvin E. Toda" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1172808900-sch@news.lava.net...
> ...
>> The unique thing about hate crimes is that it is
>> usually difficult to find justice when the victim is
>> a minority. Juries of peers will tend to support
>> their own. But a more severe penalty will even out
>> the risk of the trial to the defendant.
>
> I'm not sure I understand. Are the hate laws there to
> favor a minority that otherwise would be mistreated
> by the justice system? /Lars J

Yes. That's the purpose. We haven't found a way for the
system to work otherwise. In a perfect world, everyone
would be treated equally. These laws have been passed
because of too many people getting literally away with
murder.