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a. was not passed in Texas due to substantial opposition
b. applies to first-degree and capital murder cases
c. increased penalties for crimes motivated by hostility to race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation
d. was rejected because the law would be punishing the thought behind the crime rather than the crime itself
e. none of these

c

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