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Re: NEWS : Hindu Slaying Suspect Faces Hate-Crime Trial
In article <ghenDzABnr.Kt5@netcom.com>,
GERALD J. LA CORTE <l23@hopi.dtcc.edu> wrote:
>>From the Monday, October 14, edition of the Wilmington (DE) News Journal.
>SAN ANTONIO - An Indian-born man accused of killing the Mexican woman who
>married his son goes on trial today, with prosecutors planning to argue it
>was a hate crime [name] is accused of fatally shooting his
>daughter-in-law, [name] in July 1995 out of prejudice against anyone not
>Hindu. If convicted of murder under the Texas hat crime statute, it would
>stiffen the possible life sentence by barring probation.
As a Texan, I am glad to learn that my state has a hat crime statute,
although I think this law is of little use without a corresponding
boot crime statute and eventually a belt-buckle crime statue and
monster-truck crime statute.
-- Vijay
