Hate Crimes: The Importance of Lady Justice's Blindfold
From the desk of Thomas Landen on Wed, 2009-01-28 11:14The introduction of hate crime legislation brings a subjective element into the legal system. Where typically Lady Justice is blind and only takes objective facts into consideration, disregarding the position and the opinions of those committing the crimes, she may now apply the law unequally and selectively. Our societies subsequently risk losing an important principle of Western law, viz. equality under the law. Europe has already gone further down this road than America, but the U.S. is following fast in Europe’s tracks.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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