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You already have subjective offences in the UK: The CPS uses definitions agreed with the National Police Chiefs' Council to identify racist or religious incide
by gadders 5y ago
You already have subjective offences in the UK:
The CPS uses definitions agreed with the National Police Chiefs' Council to identify racist or religious incidents/crimes and to monitor the decisions and outcomes:
"Any incident/crime which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person's race or perceived race"
or
"Any incident/crime which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person's religion or perceived religion."
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/racist-and-religious-hate-crime-prosecution-guidance https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/racist-and-religious-h...
- Joker_vD 5y agoWow, talk about presumption of innocence... there are blasphemy laws in some countries that make "public actions committed with the express purpose of insulting religious beliefs" a crime which is actually a very sensible definition per se: first of all, it excludes personal correspondence and private blogs (unless the blog is particularly popular), and second, go and try to prove that intent. That requires linguistic expertise and the experts, except in very egregious cases, tend to write opinions of "nope, they just were emotionally expressing their opinions without specifically addressing anyone or any group in particular" kind.
- helge9210 5y ago> talk about presumption of innocence No such thing in UK.