Los Angel (CNN) – Jurors heard openg statements Tuday the murr trial of a teenager who is acced of gunng down a gay classmate executn-style their Southern California junr high school classroom 2008.
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- CALIF. TEEN BRANDON MCINERNEY SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS FOR POT-BLANK MURR OF GAY CLASSMATE
- DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR 2008 MURR OF GAY TEEN IN OXNARD CLASSROOM
- AT TEEN'S TRIAL, BULLYG OF GAYS IN FOC
- CALIFORNIA TEEN ADMS KILLG GAY STUNT, TO SERVE 25 YEARS
- MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
- TRIAL BEGS CLASSROOM KILLG OF 15-YEAR-OLD GAY STUNT
- TEACHER TTIFI THAT SLA GAY CALIF. TEEN TNTED CLASSMATE
- TEACHER OF MURRED GAY STUNT SAYS SHE RELAT TO HIS KILLER
CALIF. TEEN BRANDON MCINERNEY SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS FOR POT-BLANK MURR OF GAY CLASSMATE
Three years ago, 15-year-old Lawrence Kg was shot a Southern California classroom. Now, his acced murrer's trial is brgg natnal attentn to the issue of gay bullyg. * gay student killed in class 2008 *
- California teenager Brandon McInerney, who plead guilty to send-gree murr the killg of a gay stunt, was sentenced Monday to 21 years prison. Green had told his iends that he was gay and started wearg makp and heels to class. The trial of a teen acced of killg a gay classmate is brgg natnal attentn to the problem of gay bullyg.
DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR 2008 MURR OF GAY TEEN IN OXNARD CLASSROOM
An eighth-gra boy was shot to ath si a California junr high school shortly after publicly sayg he was gay. * gay student killed in class 2008 *
Prosecutors Southern California say the fendant murred 15-year-old Lawrence Kg out of his hatred of homosexuals, but fense attorneys say their client snapped after beg repeatedly harassed by the openly gay teen.
Talk show host Ellen DeGener and gay rights advot around the untry took to the airwav.
Gay teens, they said, were facg an epimic of bullyg schools.
AT TEEN'S TRIAL, BULLYG OF GAYS IN FOC
A Southern California teen has agreed to plead guilty for gunng down a gay classmate three years ago their junr high classroom. * gay student killed in class 2008 *
"It is OK if you are gay. Fox said that McInerney killed Kg out of his hatred for homosexuals, somethg he learned as an avid follower of whe supremacist, Nazi teachgs.
What matters is what the fendant thought was, and whether the fendant killed him bee he was agast gays, " Levenson says.
Levenson says the prosecutn may also not want to open the door to Kg's sexualy se there are jurors who don't approve of gays and lbians. Attorney Stt Wippert told jurors that Kg was openly gay, wore makp and girls' clothg to school and nstantly harassed his client.
CALIFORNIA TEEN ADMS KILLG GAY STUNT, TO SERVE 25 YEARS
Matthew Shepard was abducted, beaten and killed 20 years ago bee he was gay. * gay student killed in class 2008 *
But, he says, the issu of bullyg and gay teens is still not beg aquately addrsed lol schools.
MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
* gay student killed in class 2008 *
Media outlets reported that Brandon had killed Larry "allegedly bee he intified himself as gay. "You wouldn't have looked at him and go, "Oh, he's outwardly gay or somethg.
TRIAL BEGS CLASSROOM KILLG OF 15-YEAR-OLD GAY STUNT
A teacher ttified that a gay stunt at a Southern California junr high school parad around makp and high heels ont of a classmate who is acced of killg him the next day. * gay student killed in class 2008 *
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a church here on Friday to remember an eighth-gra boy who was shot to ath si a junr high school puter lab by a fellow stunt what prosecutors are llg a hate recent weeks, the victim, Lawrence Kg, 15, had said publicly that he was gay, classmat said, endurg harassment om a group of schoolmat, cludg the 14-year-old boy charged his ath.
It also drew a strong reactn om gay and civil rights groups. ” Jay Smh, executive director of the Ventura County Rabow Alliance, where Lawrence took part Friday night group activi for gay teenagers, said, “We’re all shocked that this would happen here.
TEACHER TTIFI THAT SLA GAY CALIF. TEEN TNTED CLASSMATE
“He’s a victim of homophobia and hate.
TEACHER OF MURRED GAY STUNT SAYS SHE RELAT TO HIS KILLER
” The law center is workg wh Equaly California and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network to ph for a legislative review of anti-bias polici and outreach efforts California schools. That fdg is reprentative of schools across the untry, said Stephen Rsell, a Universy of Arizona profsor who studi the issu facg lbian, gay, transgenr and bisexual youth.