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Mon Aug-06-07 01:46 AM
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The judge, Jill Konviser of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, said in a written order that prosecutors need show only that the victim was chosen because of his sexual orientation to pursue charges under the state’s Hate Crimes Act of 2000. The law provides for longer sentences on conviction for crimes motivated by racial, religious and other characteristics of a victim.
So the prosecutor has to show that the victim was chosen because of his orientation/race/etc. That's not the same as "if a white guy gets in a random fight with a black guy."
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