"The accused said that he wanted to "rid the planet of a disgusting pedophile." Prosecutors insisted that it was a hate crime, arguing that the defendant "admitted his actions" and "presented himself as a sort of vigilante fighting society's decadence who decides whether a man he suspected of pedophilia has a right to live or die. But justice is served in courts.""
"During the criminal investigation, the 25-year-old defendant said that he had a "desire to know what it's like to take someone's life," and they had several of his former teachers testify about his obsession with guns and drawings of scenes of decapitation."
"The victim met the defendant on an anonymous chat app, and they met up in August 2023 for paid sex. The defendant was 18 at the time. Three days later, the defendant and his little brother, age 14, went to the victim's house and stabbed him multiple times. They then slit his throat and left his body in the bathtub."
A 21-year-old man from Marseille, France, was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison plus five years probation for the 2023 murder of a 70-year-old gay man. The defendant and his 14-year-old brother met the victim through an anonymous chat app and stabbed him multiple times before slitting his throat. The brothers stole the victim's belongings and fled. While the defense argued the killing was a robbery gone wrong, prosecutors successfully characterized it as a hate crime, noting the defendant claimed he wanted to eliminate a "disgusting pedophile." Evidence revealed the defendant's obsession with violence, guns, and decapitation. The court considered the brothers' upbringing in a homophobic environment and the defendant's likely autism spectrum diagnosis.
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