Comments on: GUILTY!

By: On Thinking of Human Beings as Trash, And Other Tragedies of Resources - The Pursuit of Harpyness

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:13:49 +0000

[...] I do best is write, and advocate for people, but as with the Angie Zapata case, there’s always a sense of being too late to the party, of being able to talk about [...]

By: Isa

Isa — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:22:05 +0000

For lack of any more articulate words… HELL YEAH!

I wish to echo BeckySharper: rot in hell, motherfucker.

A good day indeed.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:01:42 +0000

Thanks for shining some light on that, Ceejee. Makes sense.

By: ceejeemcbeegee

ceejeemcbeegee — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:54:15 +0000

but it does show a bias of some sort because you used the epithet. the new term can cover a very broad number of crimes that were once harder to prove. a very good thing, this “bias motivated crime” term.

By: ceejeemcbeegee

ceejeemcbeegee — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:52:01 +0000

the term “bias motivated crime” is a very clever way to get a conviction for a hate-crime without having to prove someone must “hate” another person to cause them harm. for example, if you beat me up and call me a racial epithet, you defense could argue that there was no evidence you hate my race in the past because you aren’t a member of the KKK or something. but it does show a bias of some sort.

By: ceejeemcbeegee

ceejeemcbeegee — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:48:21 +0000

While working with the Courage Campaign this weekend, I met many wonderful transgendered souls and I know this case was in the front of their minds because shook the community to it’s core. Glad to hear justice being served.

By: LSG

LSG — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:49:35 +0000

Will the names of the jurors be released so we can hug them? I would like to hug them.

By: bluebears

bluebears — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:49:58 +0000

So he was charged with first degree after all? I’m glad. It was the right decision.

By: kithkin

kithkin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:36:33 +0000

I think it’s just different terminology, but it probably makes sense. Hate crime sounds more satisfying, at least to me, but bias crime is perhaps more accurate. If I’m prepared to commit first degree murder, I probably hate my victim, but that hatred could be motivated by something other than bias against a marginalized group.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:15:51 +0000

Lisa, as far as I can tell, it’s just different terminology.
Someone please correct me if that’s not the case.