There should be no hate crime laws nor should there be any deviance of punishment based on mental state or level.
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I could have posted your comments in their entirety and not changed a single word.
I’ve ranted for years that questions and comments concerning “motive” should never be permitted at any trial with one exception, and that is if the motive for assault or killing someone was self-defense or the defense of another innocent person. Otherwise consideration of motive is simply a tactic used to mitigate a defendant’s guilt.
I’m also opposed to plea bargaining, parole, and country club prisons.
I’m glad we agree.
It just doesn’t make sense to me the (leftist) argument you have to be “smart enough” to be punished.
Anyone that has even a passing knowledge of animals knows some are just born meaner, more prone to violence than others. I had a bitch that had a few litters of puppies and it amazed me how both times one pup was just meaner than the others…literally from the day it could walk. People know some Pit Bulls etc have to be put down as they are vicious.