You know that even though blacks and whites killed an almost equal number of crimes, 80% of the people executed had been executed for murder involving white victims?
Hate crimes are exceptional because they have a unique emotional and physical impact that extends past the actual victim. After all, if a criminal says, "I hate (insert group here), so I want to kill them all,why wouldn't we consider this at the time of sentencing? However, suppose a violent criminal repeatedly assaults woman. His high forehead, where only a tongue of wavy salt-and-pepper hair remained, shined with sweat.
