Money, Not Homophobia, Was Motive

Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader wondered if any of his minions saw the interview of Matthew Sheppard's killers mentioned in this Washington Post article. In the article, the killers say money and drugs were their motive and not homophobia. Your Maximum Leader would have liked to see them say it and try and judge if they were lying.

The Sheppard case is particularly sad. Indeed your Maximum Leader hopes his killers are anally raped by some large angry convict until they bleed to death. And frankly that is too good for them.

But what your Maximum Leader wants to point out is how troubling "Hate Crimes" prosecutions are. In the Sheppard case, the defence and prosecution both stated that "hate" was surely not the only motive. And in the Post article both sides seem to step away and are sounding like it wasn't even a primary motive.

Your Maximum Leader has never been a fan of "Hate Crimes" legislation or prosecutions. In the Sheppard case there was a brutal murder. Part of the motive of the murder may have been homophobia. Your Maximum Leader understand prosecuting and holding someone accountable for a criminal act. And he is also in favour of added punishments for particularly vile motives - if they can be proved. But isn't the net result of "Hate Crime" prosecutions that the state is punishing someone for their state of mind? Their thoughts?

Your Maximum Leader believes the state should stick to prosecuting actions.

Carry on.