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My understanding of hate crime legislation is that it would make crimes that are racially/ethnically/etc. motivated aggravated crimes, which would carry stiffer penalities. Although this might seem like punishing someone soley for the ideas they have, it's worth pointing out that if you're assessing risk (which a part of determining punishment), some who will commit crimes out of racism is a bit more dangerous, because everyone he hates is a potential victim, and he hates a lot of people.
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