hate crimes laws in article apr news acns nwu edu dmeier casbah acns nwu edu douglas meier writes in article apr isc br isc br com steveh thor isc br com steve hendricks writes in article apr news acns nwu edu dmeier casbah acns nwu edu douglas meier writes if someone beats up a homosexual he should get charged for assault and battery why must we add gay bashing to the list isn t this a sort of double jeopardy or am i just being a fascist again to deter an epidemic of gay bashing that has not been deterred by assault laws so we ought to make beating up a homosexual more illegal than beating up a straight and who s advocating that hate crimes laws are aimed at the motivations of the acts just like premeditated homicide is treated stricter than heat of passion homicide no it is not double jeopardy a single act may lead to multiple charges and multiple crimes i think what you meant to say here was with the current mutation of the us constitution under the current police state someone may be charged multiple times for one act if the victim in question is of the right shade a single act should never merit more than on charge so if i set off a bomb in the world trade center i can only be charged with more than one murder and not the other five deaths and extensive property damage after all the bomb was a single act douglas c meier you can t play electro magnetic golf ted frank however teel should have mentioned that though thf kimbark uchicago edu his advice is legally sound if you follow it the u of c law school you will probably wind up in jail standard disclaimers james donald in misc legal
