Quickie Link [1]: 'Gay Panic' Claimed in Brutal Indiana Murder [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Jun 13, 2007 - 02:54 AM
GeneralNews [3]
(USA) - Thirty-five-year-old Aaron Hall was brutally beaten on April 12 for hours by two teens who have described the murder in chilling detail to police. Each says Hall precipitated the violence by making a homosexual suggestion. There's a legal theory for their argument. It's called the "gay panic defense," and it suggests that temporary insanity from exposure to homosexuality is a defense against murder.

Note: Read full article on Bloomington Alternative [4]
Links
  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1380&lead=1
  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=1&lead=1
  [4] http://bloomingtonalternative.com/articles/2007/06/06/8379