had been reported missing and had been bound, gagged and bludgeoned to death. (Wong, 2015)
To interpret this example, 28 year old Texan Marc Pourner Jr., who had been missing, was found in an abandoned area to be beaten to his unfortunate death. A younger man has been arrested as the culprit of this terrible crime and it is assumed that this murder was in fact, a hate crime which was influenced by the enmity of homosexuality. This horrific homicide was consciously committed against a gay man due to the offender’s negative point of view on homosexuality. Consequently, an innocent man was stripped not only of his dignity and his human rights, but, moreover, his life was prematurely extinguished. In addition, Statistics Canada’s publication on
To interpret this example, 28 year old Texan Marc Pourner Jr., who had been missing, was found in an abandoned area to be beaten to his unfortunate death. A younger man has been arrested as the culprit of this terrible crime and it is assumed that this murder was in fact, a hate crime which was influenced by the enmity of homosexuality. This horrific homicide was consciously committed against a gay man due to the offender’s negative point of view on homosexuality. Consequently, an innocent man was stripped not only of his dignity and his human rights, but, moreover, his life was prematurely extinguished. In addition, Statistics Canada’s publication on