Transgender Murder is worse than regular Murder

Destiny Lauren, who was murdered in 2009.

In the UK, where they don't have the death penalty, they're moving to make jail sentences longer if you murder someone who is transgender. Somewhat laughable, but the minimum has now been moved up to 30 years of prison time. This was in response to Destiny Lauren who was brutally murdered in London, and whose murderer, Leon Fyle,  received only a 21 year life sentence.

Despite the fact, I'm not keen on the seperationism this policy endorses from non-transgender people, and the idea that you can kill someone and only get 30 years is still comical, though I think that the UK is on the right track for "breaking down the barriers" as Justice Secretary, Ken Clark has suggested. I think the most important aspect of this, is that society is saying: transgender murder is worse than regular murder. There's hate involved, there's prejudice involved, and therefore it's a more heinous crime. Not all murders are equal, and murdering people who you simply feel obliged to hate, makes the killer in those crimes, the worst monster of all.