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Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 7:38 pm
(April 28, 2018 at 4:35 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I blame Zimmerman who started the ridiculous stand your ground craze.


Well .. the law preceded his exploiting it.
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 7:38 pm
(April 28, 2018 at 7:38 pm)Whateverist Wrote:
(April 28, 2018 at 4:35 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I blame Zimmerman who started the ridiculous stand your ground craze.


Well .. the law preceded his exploiting it.

Sadly.
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 7:49 pm
Gay Panic defense?

More like "Murderous bigot paroxysm".
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 7:54 pm
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

[Image: harmlesskitchen.png]

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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 8:02 pm
(April 28, 2018 at 7:14 pm)henryp Wrote:
(April 28, 2018 at 6:39 pm)Fireball Wrote: Murder. What two states don't accept this stupidity? And only two? SMH  I've been hit on by a gay guy or two, and they took "No, I'm not interested" straight off.

The gay stuff seems like a distraction.  If a woman were at a man's house, and he started forcing himself on her a bit, man, I don't know.  Stabbing seems really excessive.  But if she ends up getting raped because she didn't fully resist when she still had the chance, that's also fucked up.  

A tiny 69yo man doesn't have a lot of physical escape options available to him when confronting a 30 something larger guy.  

He was convicted of criminally negligent homicide.  It's a really complicated situation.  Some lesser charge seems like it makes sense given he immediately contacts the authorities?  But maybe it should be murder.  And maybe it should be nothing.  I think I could understand just about any result.

They were at a musicians bar. If he had tried to rape him there would've been multiple witnesses. Sure I understand feeling threatened, but employing a knife is overkill.
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 8:13 pm
Not shocked to see Republicans defend an actual murderer. They've been defending a sexual assaulter all this time.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 8:28 pm
(April 28, 2018 at 8:02 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote:
(April 28, 2018 at 7:14 pm)henryp Wrote: The gay stuff seems like a distraction.  If a woman were at a man's house, and he started forcing himself on her a bit, man, I don't know.  Stabbing seems really excessive.  But if she ends up getting raped because she didn't fully resist when she still had the chance, that's also fucked up.  

A tiny 69yo man doesn't have a lot of physical escape options available to him when confronting a 30 something larger guy.  

He was convicted of criminally negligent homicide.  It's a really complicated situation.  Some lesser charge seems like it makes sense given he immediately contacts the authorities?  But maybe it should be murder.  And maybe it should be nothing.  I think I could understand just about any result.

They were at a musicians bar. If he had tried to rape him there would've been multiple witnesses. Sure I understand feeling threatened, but employing a knife is overkill.

Are you sure?  I read it as they were at the dead guys house.  Clearly can't stab someone in public.  No mention of witnesses either.
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 8:33 pm (This post was last modified: April 28, 2018 at 8:37 pm by The Industrial Atheist.)
(April 28, 2018 at 8:28 pm)henryp Wrote:
(April 28, 2018 at 8:02 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: They were at a musicians bar. If he had tried to rape him there would've been multiple witnesses. Sure I understand feeling threatened, but employing a knife is overkill.

Are you sure?  I read it as they were at the dead guys house.  Clearly can't stab someone in public.  No mention of witnesses either.

You're free to check the OP's link. I suppose it's possible my reading comprehension is off and they were playing at a Musicians bar and later went to the guy's house? But I definitely didn't read that. Not sure how that would be.
(April 28, 2018 at 8:28 pm)henryp Wrote:
(April 28, 2018 at 8:02 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: They were at a musicians bar. If he had tried to rape him there would've been multiple witnesses. Sure I understand feeling threatened, but employing a knife is overkill.

Are you sure?  I read it as they were at the dead guys house.  Clearly can't stab someone in public.  No mention of witnesses either.

Oh you're right! It's not the first time I've been wrong.
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RE: Man uses "Gay Panic Defense" to get away with murder
April 28, 2018 at 8:37 pm
Yeah, it says "after a night of drinking and music at Spencer's house..." It wasn't very clear the way it was written.
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