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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolice Chief Mullen said it is a hate crime. Under the law in SC, it is not
South Carolina is one of only 5 states in the country that doesn't have a hate crime law, which stiffens penalties for.. hate crimes. The others are:
Arkansas, Michigan, Georgia and Wyoming.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/06/18/3671111/south-carolina-shooting-hate-crime/
South Carolina also celebrates "Confederate Memorial Day", which is an official state holiday, flies that horrible racist flag, allows confederate license plates, has redistricted in a racially biased way and has strict voter ID laws.
It's a state government that encourages racial bigotry.
Nikki Haley should hang her head in shame.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Hello Feds. Woo-hoo. Time to slip on the 'jackboots' and head down I-95.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Give him a drink... on the waterboard.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)and he will die for it under the law in SC which allows the dp.
mnhtnbb
(31,397 posts)She has her reasons for refusing to recognize why Roof's motive was incomprehensible,
and they are mostly self-serving.
What a loathsome woman.
GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)It's not solely up to the state.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)but I will not have a say in SC.
moondust
(20,001 posts)And it does not constitute double jeopardy.
(According to the teevee experts.)
oberliner
(58,724 posts)SC gov: State to seek death penalty against Charleston suspect
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/245505-sc-gov-state-to-seek-death-penalty-against-charleston-suspect
angel123
(79 posts)She is embarrassed because her state has shown how just how odious it is. I am so tired of these people talking about how heart broken they are. Who do they think they are fooling?