MikeK
Gold Member
For the same reason crimes against children call for exceptional punishment. Children are exceptionally vulnerable. So are the homeless, most of whom are mentally deficient.The crime should determine the punishment.
Person A sets a homeless man on fire because he hates the homless, person B sets a banker on fire because he hates corporate America. How is person A deserving of a harsher punishment?
If a man assaults another man does he deserve the same level of punishment as the man who assaults a woman?
Etc.