“Even if it is possible to determine the mind set in which a crime is committed, is it appropriate in a free society for the government to punish people for their inner motivations, [or] feelings?” (Barbara Dority). When a court decides to label a crime with “hate” they are really persecuting against the criminal’s personal

In context, crime is a gross violation of the law and hate is hostile feelings towards someone or something. Together, hate crime, is any of various crimes (as assault or defacement of property) when motivated my hostility to the victim as a member of a group (Marriam-Webster). The emotion of hate is no different than any other emotion such as greed, lust, or jealousy. For instance, a white male member of the Ku Klux Klan shoots and kills a black man and his wife. Also a white man finds his wife in bed with another man and shoots and kills them both. In both cases homicide was the crime being committed. In reality the crime is identical, 2 shootings resulting in death. One could say the Klan member killed out of hatred but one could also the husband killed his wife out of jealousy. Both are killings raging with emotion. If one gets labeled with hate, will the other be labeled with jealousy? “In effect, the law criminalizes the motives, as it does not do for any other kind of crime”(Sammuel Francis, 43)

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