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Intelligencer Journal
Aug 05, 2008 00:52 EST
East Petersburg
By BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff

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I'm not hearing my favorite charge...."hate crime". Or is that only a one way thing?

What about attempted murder....hitting someone in the head with a baseball bat is more than an attempt at getting someone's attention.
oh geez
It wasn't a hate crime, it was mistaken identity over a comment made regarding a female. Which none of the victims had anything to do with. I wish they would throw the book at them and charge them with charges to put them away for a long time. Fences wouldn't keep these animals out either.
makinalivin
QUOTE(makinalivin @ Aug 5 2008, 07:46 AM)

It is good to see that surveillance cameras were able to help catch these idiots. I hope that justice is served and we can enjoy our small community once again without fear.


Didn't you hear, camera's are a bad thing, they are an invasion of privacy by "the man."
Hope
a fence? You mean, like the one they have along the Mexico border? Because that does such a good job of keeping all of the illegals out....I was thinking more along the lines of napalm....concentrated mostly in the southeast section of town....then you can eventually turn it into a commuter parking lot....
jk!

afsoc1981
QUOTE(oh geez @ Aug 5 2008, 08:16 AM)

What about attempted murder....hitting someone in the head with a baseball bat is more than an attempt at getting someone's attention.

Because attempted murder requires the prosecution to prove intent. They have to prove to a jury that by hitting the victim with the bat, the defendant intended to kill. All the defense has to do is have the defendant testify that he only intended to disable the vicim and rob him, not kill him.
Agg. Assualt is still a felony and pretty much a slam dunk; no need to prove intent. The DA just has to prove that the assault occured and the defendant did it.

edit: spelling
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