Diehardblues
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You misread or misinterpreted my intention which was Motive and Intent are pertinent in different phases of the trial. Not just sentencing . That post seemed to want to dismiss any of these factors like in hate crimes you mentioned . Came off totally absurd to me using the analogies provided .well then you are too ignorant to understand the difference between motive and intent. If you kill someone, intent is clearly used to determine manslaughter, 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree murder. MOTIVE is not used for anything in that case, ZIP, NADA, NOTHING.... as far as punishment goes. They would use motive as a means of explaining to the jury why someone would commit such a crime. But in the case of hate crimes, the motive or reason someone committed a crime is actually used to enhance the sentence. So once again, before you call someone's knowledge on a topic showing some ignorance, you should know what the heck you are talking about.
This current post of yours is more accurate .