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Friday, April 22, 2005

"Petition demands hate crime penalties"

Citizens in Davis, California are demanding that sentences be enhanced when a hate crime is involved and that such enhancements be consistently and reliably applied. The concern is apparently a by-product of hate crimes enhancements not being applied to the cases of two juveniles charged with spraying racist and anti-Semitic graffiti. Interestingly, the enhancements "add to the length of a penalty or trigger a requirement for rehabilitation with diversity education."

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