August 15, 2006
Gay Panic raised again
The suspects in the torture of an 18-year old gay male in Santa Fe are claiming they did it, in part, because one of them was told by another, that the gay male had touched his bottom.
York said he had not felt a grope but was upset by what Segura had told him.
And, assuming there’s any truth to this, what was the response?
... The victim suffered bleeding on the brain and a concussion as well as facial lacerations and bruising...
That seems fair.
Comments:dolphin said (at August 15, 2006 12:51 PM):
Does this mean that when that random girl whistled at me in Wal-mart, and then asked if I was single, I would've been ok to take her out in the parking lot and run her over with my car?
The very notion that the "gay panic defense" is even seen as possible option for a defense team is beyond belief.
What ever happened to just saying "I'm not interested, sorry."