Almost all crimes are motivated by hate, aren’t they?
Unless she was targeted because of her race, I don’t see how it qualifies - but I think the perpetrators, including her co-worker should all get the death penalty after being proven guilty. But more information about it will be coming out in time, so maybe race will be shown to be a motivating factor in the brutality.
I think this was a fear motivated crime. Jayna found out that Britney had stolen from the store. Britney apparently had some serious financial issues and probably was afraid of losing her job, not being able to get another, etc. so of course the logical thing was to kill the person who’d discovered her theft.
This gal Britney is totally stupid. The story she made up for the cops fell apart with basic questioning, it couldn’t possibly have held together. So many lives destroyed, Jayna, her family and friends. For what?