Groups press for hate-crime charges in woman’s alleged torture:
First, let me tell you my stance on hate crime legislation. Personally, I think all violent crimes are hate crimes but I’m not opposed to any legislation that keeps criminal scumbags behind bars longer.
Now let’s get to the story.
Representatives of several black churches appealed to prosecutors Thursday to pursue hate-crime or civil-rights charges against six white people accused of torturing a black woman over several days.
Normally I would agree with them but this is a special case. Like I’ve mentioned before the kidnapping and sexual assault charges carry more weight than the hate crime charges. The church leaders should be more concerned about justice being done than having prosecutors file charges that at this point would be nothing more than symbolic in nature.
While black church leaders are calling for marches and protests the NAACP is taking a wait and see approach…
The NAACP said it was monitoring the case. “We expect the authorities to do the right thing in bringing the responsible parties involved in these despicable and heinous events to justice with the full weight of the law,” Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, said in a statement.
Remember the kidnapping charges carry a max life sentence and the sexual assault charge carries a max of 35 years. The hate crime charges only carry 10 years. Let them secure the kidnapping conviction first then file hate crime charges.
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