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Originally posted by geep
So execution becomes more of a deterrent to a "hate crime" murderer than to a casual murderer?
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No, it doesn't, but taking one's life doesn't result in the death penalty in all cases.
Hate crime factors
could be used to elevate the crime to one punishable by death (but aren't necessarily) and there are other crimes besides killing someone else.
For example, assaulting someone simple because they are an ethnic minority can now be punished more severely than assaulting someone because you are in a drunken fight in a bar.
/still confused over how people refuse to understand that what you intend to do and why you intend to do it are important elements of a crime (and always have been).