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McInerney sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing of gay classmate
VENTURA, Calif. — Brandon McInerney was sentenced Monday to 21 years in state prison for the execution style killing of openly gay classmate Lawrence King during a computer lab class three years ago.
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Fischer: ‘Flamboyant homosexual’ Lawrence King’s murderer is the real victim
We can now add Bryan Fischer to the list of anti-gay activists who have blamed 15-year-old openly gay eighth grader Lawrence King for his own murder, this time on the grounds that his killer was a victim of King’s relentless sexual harassment…
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Teen charged in murder of gay classmate agrees to 21-year prison term
Brandon McInerney — accused of murdering gay classmate Lawrence King in February of 2008 at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard — has struck a plea deal with prosecutors, and agreed to spend the next 21 years in prison.
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McInerney to be retried in Lawrence King murder; hate crime charge dropped
Brandon McInerney — accused of murdering gay classmate Lawrence King in February of 2008 at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard — will be retried on a murder charge, Ventura County California prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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Prosecutors vow to retry California teen accused of killing gay classmate
Prosecutors in the murder trial of an Oxnard, Calif., teen — accused of the execution-style murder of openly gay classmate Lawrence King — vowed on Friday to retry Brandon McInerney, 17, maintaining that the shooting was a premeditated hate crime.
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Mistrial declared in King murder trial after jury fails to reach consensus
A judge in California on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of an Oxnard teenager accused of the execution-style murder of an openly gay classmate, Lawrence King.
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Prosecution rests in murder of gay teen — ‘Larry King was executed for who he was’
Ventura County deputy prosecutor Maeve Fox told jurors in her closing arguments on Thursday, “It’s natural to feel sympathy for youthful murder defendant Brandon McInerney, who grew up in a home so violent and dysfunctional that he wasn’t even allowed to cry after his father punched him in the face. But the law does not allow for sympathy.”
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Defense rests in murder trial of gay teen; accused refuses to testify
Defense attorneys on Monday rested their case in the murder trial of 17-year-old Brandon McInerney, accused in the 2008 execution-style slaying of Lawrence King, a gay classmate.
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Defense witnesses: childhood molestation triggered violent reaction to gay classmate
Testimony in the murder trial of 17-year-old Brandon McInerney, accused of killing an openly gay classmate, brought new revelations of McInerney’s abusive childhood, and testimony that the victim antagonized McInerney by parading around in makeup and high heels.
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King murder trial resumes — defense claims accused was sexually harassed
Testimony resumes this week in the murder trial of 17-year-old Brandon McInerney, accused of the 2008 execution-style shooting of an openly gay classmate, then-15-year-old Lawrence King.