should be. because there s always an ongoing debate about whether even the toughest laws, even if you were to have death penalty consequences, whether that would actually make a difference where somebody is in the throws of mental illness or so consumed by hate that they re going to do what they re going to do regardless of the consequences. i think it s a good sign that now almost all 50 states have hate crime statutes on the books and there s a federal hate crime statute also on the books. in terms of enforcement, i think that the state is looking at what they should be looking at. they have not yet charged a hate crimes offense. they ve charged attempted murder and burglary, which i think are obviously appropriate here. t is an ongoing debate. as to whether additional penalties would actually make a difference. but i think that having those statutes on the books does