Instructions:

Review the two case summaries below and then write a 1 -2 page analysis in response to these questions.

1. Should the law treat cyber-hate and/or hate crimes any differently when committed online rather than offline?

2. If you were the judge presiding on these cases would you have ruled differently? Why or why not?

3. If Richard Machado wasn’t caught when he was, do you think his hatred would have escalated to violence and death similar to the  Matthew Shepard tragedy?