Rhett Braniff, Frank Macias’ attorney, said Texas' hate crime law says investigators have to “prove that the defendants selected the victims because of their bias.'
“We will not stop until the hate crime laws in Texas are enhanced to allow thorough prosecution of those committing such heinous crimes,” Perry and Deehring said in a statement Tuesday.Īttorneys representing the men charged have said the case did not meet the threshold to be considered a hate crime. Prosecutors have said Deehring and Perry were targeted because they are gay.
