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PoliticsNew Hampshire could soon ban the “gay panic defense”
It would become the 16th state to do so. But will Republicans kill the measure?
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News (USA)Out Gov. Kate Brown set to ban lawyers from using “panic” excuse for killing LGBTQ people
“This legislation states, unequivocally, in Oregon, there is never an excuse for violence against transgender people.”
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News (USA)Virginia banned the gay/trans panic defense on the Transgender Day of Visibility
It’s the 12th state to ban defendants from arguing they “panicked” when they found out their victim was LGBTQ.
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News (USA)
Democrats introduce a bill to ban the gay & trans panic defense
Killing someone because they’re LGBTQ “is not a defense, it is a hate crime.”
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CommentaryThe inside story about the Jenny Jones murder trial that you don’t know
Scott Amedure’s murderer was set free yesterday thanks to one juror’s homophobia during his trial – and I was front seat for it all.
