[VRWCmember]

Did this low-life and his accomplices select their victims out of hate for homosexuals, or just because they provided convenient targets that might be less likely to offer resistance or report the crime?

It really doesn't matter. These thugs were vicious, predatory animals who kidnapped, robbed, and murdered a person and therefore deserve the ultimate punishment regardless of the gender, race, sexual preferences, or any other characteristic of the victims. No hate crime statute is needed for this crime. It should simply be treated as what it is.

[MeekOneGOP]

No hate crime statute is needed for this crime. It should simply be treated as what it is.

Yep. See my post #10 also, fyi...