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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:41:30 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:22:14 -0600, somebody wrote:
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>> > Interesting idea indeed. Would you also obfuscate the race and even
>> > sex?
>
>> I think it might depend on the case - for example, a murder or assault
>> that has a "hate crime enhancement" would be difficult to prosecute if
>> you didn't know the victim's race or the racial idiosyncrasies of the
>> defendant.
>
> IMO in cases where the concept of "hate crime" is involved, it would
> be specially important to conceal the ethnicities of the involved
> parties. People have demonstrably bias on who can commit hate crimes
> against who.
Maybe, but at the same time, the hate crime enhancement, for example,
against an African-American, would be easily demonstrated if the
defendant was a member of an organisation like the KKK. That would be a
necessary piece of evidence.
> Of course in practice this would be impossible to conceal. For example
> statements made by the accused would need to be presented to the jury,
> which would in most cases immediately reveal the ethnicities involved.
Yep.
Jim
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