[MeekOneGOP]

The hate crime issue/theory has been brought up on every thread posted on this story. I tend to agree with President Bush on that. He didn't sign a hate crime bill when he was Governor because there are laws governing all violent crimes. In Texas, if you willfully or negligently kill someone, you're going to face justice and be punished - period. (Self defense and other justifiable cases excluded, of course).

[Lijahsbubbe]

I don't know how I got pulled into the hate crime issue, but since you brought it up, I agree. You should be punished for murder, period.

I was just thought it was interesting to imagine this case as a guy hitting a woman. I think people would tend to be less sympathetic to a male.