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Specific intent to do the crime with the requisite state of mind. >> beth, sounds like an even higher standard than the one the prosecution faced with this trial which the jury said they did not meet. can you give us a sense of how likely these charge will be to be filed. >> when lou at the statute, a fairly new statute, acted after james birders matthew shepard's death. he was a gay man left to die in wyoming. james byrd, a black man, tied to a vehicle and dragged to his death, disgusting case. that is what motivated this law. the question in those cases that the victims were picked out becau...
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