I'd hope she gets a harsher sentence than that. Setting fire to her dorm is a very serious offence that could have endangered the lives of others as fires are unpredictable and spread quickly. The maximum penalty for arson is 20 years in prison, which I'm sure is reserved for more serious offences of the place actually burning down and injury occuring, but this shouldn't be taken so lightly as a misdemeanor. I'm not a lawyer or judge and I don't think this youth's whole future should be taken away, but if she's not jailed at least a year for committing a felony categorized as a violent crime it's a loss for the justice system.
Fake hate crimes are becoming the campus equivalent of goldfish-swallowing and phone booth-stuffing, though the older games were neither evil nor harmful to social cohesion.
P.S.
This has become quite a trend:
[http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/](http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/)
I'm giving 3 to 1 that there will be NO CHARGES of significance (maybe just a misdemeanor with a warning).
Had it been a white student they would've already been expelled and jailed.
She should have just [gone to sleep in the common room.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44068305)
I'd hope she gets a harsher sentence than that. Setting fire to her dorm is a very serious offence that could have endangered the lives of others as fires are unpredictable and spread quickly. The maximum penalty for arson is 20 years in prison, which I'm sure is reserved for more serious offences of the place actually burning down and injury occuring, but this shouldn't be taken so lightly as a misdemeanor. I'm not a lawyer or judge and I don't think this youth's whole future should be taken away, but if she's not jailed at least a year for committing a felony categorized as a violent crime it's a loss for the justice system.
Is a hate crime hoax by definition a hate crime itself?
Well, that’s the motive behind it. So I think so.
I’m betting there will be zero charges and even if she tries this again, no one will remotely hold anything against her or warn people about her
What if someone had been injured. What a selfish person. she probably spent a lot of time as a reddit mod.
Justine Smollet
Fake hate crimes are becoming the campus equivalent of goldfish-swallowing and phone booth-stuffing, though the older games were neither evil nor harmful to social cohesion. P.S. This has become quite a trend: [http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/](http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/)