I may be misunderstanding you, but taking your statement at face value:
Legally, no. The legal question of intent is exactly the question of what was going on in the mind of the person allegedly committing the crime.
Legally, no. The legal question of intent is exactly the question of what was going on in the mind of the person allegedly committing the crime.
We as a society definitely judge peoples intent without knowledge into peoples mind, assumptions are made ( correctly or incorrectly ).