Good it's nice to see some state governments still have common sense. Why should Shepard's murderers receive any harsher of a sentence than say a husband who kills his wife by beating the shit out of her or a parent that kills their child by beating the shit out of them. We already have laws that cover this. Murder is not legal in any state. There is no logical reason why one innocent murder victim should receive more special treatment and respect than another innocent murder victim. When you start convicting people based on the motive of the crime rather than the crime itself you are taking the Orwellian on ramp to 1984 thought crime.