A federal case? Sound off on the prosecution and sentencing of Amish for hair-cutting attacks It was appropriate -- these were religiously motivated hate crimes and examples must be made of the attackers Consider how terrifying, demeaning and humiliating it was for those whose beards and hair was forcibly cut Black people get sentences like this all the time -- people only notice when white people get railroaded Fifteen years seems a little much for what they did They definitely should have been prosecuted, but it should have just been a local case, not a federal one This was a dispute among people of the same religion -- that's not what hate-crime legislation was meant to address If any case shows why the notion of hate crimes is fundamentally flawed, this is it This is an abuse of the Constitution's Commerce Clause I wonder if the clubs held by the Black Panthers who intimidated voters in 2008 were purchased from out of state The people running the Justice Department are corrupt and evil Michael Savage's criticism of Christians and conservatives for not coming to the defense of the Amish is spot on These sentences must be overturned Other View Results Loading ...