hate crime murder
Prejudice-motivated homicide
Hate crime murder is a killing motivated by prejudice against the victim's race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
The hate crime designation typically adds enhanced penalties to the underlying murder charge.
Prosecutors must prove the murder was motivated by bias, not just that killer and victim belonged to different groups: The shooting was charged as a hate crime murder after investigators found white supremacist materials in the suspect's home.
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- violenceHarmful physical force
- victimOne harmed by another
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
targeted · racial · homophobia · antisemitism · white supremacy · prosecution · brutality · attack · lynching · assault · slur · intolerance · extremism · supremacist · felony · death penalty · sentence · life sentence
hate crime murderself-defense killing
Lethal response to imminent harm
justifiable homicide · defense of others · crime of passion · accidental killing · negligent homicide
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