The prosecutor doesn't have to prove the motivation, only that he was the one who carried out the illegal act against a certain class of protected person(s). The Mens Rea is contained within the hate crime itself.
That depends, if the process of burning a church down was hate motivated, then it qualifies as a hate crime.
How can you prove that you WERE involved!!!??? Admit it when questioned by law enforcement and plead guilty when arraigned.
Jack O'Malley has written: 'A prosecutor's guide to hate crime' -- subject(s): Hate crimes, Public prosecutors, Handbooks, manuals
Most likely called hate killers. In both crime and law, hate crime is a usually violent, prejudice motivated crime that occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group.
Hate and discrimination motivated them.
Death to Pigs, written in the crime scene, could mean that it was a hate crime.
My problem with the term 'hate crime' is that it sounds like George Orwell's 'Thought Police.' In addition to the punishment for a crime committed, you can be given additional punishment for what you were thinking. Acording to the Canadian Criminal Code a hate crime is one "motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or any other similar factor." It is unclear what the motive was for the original beating or the murder, but since she was different than the others in the group, it can be considered a hate crime.
police have confirmed this news. "Hate crimes are rising day by day."
No, not unless the federal interest is involved.
Hate Crime
The cast of Hate Crime - 1989 includes: Stefan Rudnicki as Narrator
DEFINITELY NOT! Hate is human nature, is it crime to hate animal cruelty?