uwinceismile
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agreed level.... having said that, i try to understand that the powers at be may believe that the hate crimes bills would potentially dissaude possible crimes. its my belief that since many who commit crime, know that they are a simple plea bargain away from a much lesser sentence...a bigger deterrent would be to keep folks in jail the proscribed amount of time. case in point...here locally a few months back.... a gentlemen got arrested for road rage..(pffft) during a traffic dispute, he stopped his vehichle, went to the other driver with a can of gasoline, and poured onto him,and inside his car.....thsi gentlemen had a history of violence. the judge let him off with a lil time served,,so muchchecking in with a parole officer (time eludes me) ,,and a fine i think...the jack ass walked outta court!!!! he should of been jailed on attempted murder..... and im sure if u look,,and im guesing you will,,it wasnt hate crime related ,,so far as i know they were both white. but the idea being,,we dont enforce the laws we have now :(
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