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NEW HAMPSHIRE MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE
* gay panic *
On January 21, New Jersey beme the nth state the natn to ban the gay panic fense, a strategy that the ernor said is “rooted homophobia.
Carsten Andren, a crimal jtice scholar, has been buildg a database of murr s that e the gay panic fense. What is the gay panic fense?
THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE
The offenr the gay panic fense as an exce or jtifitn to try to eva punishment for the crime of murr.