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Newspapers (as well as the local news broadcasters) have alot of influence over the way people think. All it takes is for them to start claiming, justifiably so or not, that someones crime was race motivated. Then they start pressuring the local congress man or mayor to tack on a hate crime sentence to his regular sentance.
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Do you really think the media can make a difference in a crime investigation? I mean I know they can get in the way and leak information but do you really think they can sway a judge into prosecuting someone not based on evidence but on media propaganda?