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> The judge says he is sentencing based on thought crime. > Under the First Amendment, possessing literature cannot be criminal The existence of hate crime la
by like_any_other 4mo ago
> The judge says he is sentencing based on thought crime.
> Under the First Amendment, possessing literature cannot be criminal
The existence of hate crime laws in the US says otherwise - political motivation to a crime has long been a component in sentencing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_...
- M95D 4mo agoSo now hate the government is a hate crime?
- like_any_other 4mo agoNowhere did I say that. I addressed the "thought crime" claim, i.e. both take into account the perpetrators motivations and beliefs.