Doesn't that violate the equal protection clause and the first amendment?
The first amendment says your rights can't be stripped as a result of speech. One of those rights is that the law need to treat you as a victim of a crime the same as someone else. The state can't just label someone as having no protections of law.
But it's also a jury that did it and they have the ability to nullify.
...after he had been stabbed.
Doesn't that violate the equal protection clause and the first amendment?
The first amendment says your rights can't be stripped as a result of speech. One of those rights is that the law need to treat you as a victim of a crime the same as someone else. The state can't just label someone as having no protections of law.
But it's also a jury that did it and they have the ability to nullify.