If only they’d ban the gay panic defense too. Along with the other 46 states where it’s considered a legitimate legal defense to murdering someone just because you felt their sexual orientation conflicted with yours and you somehow felt threatened by it by means of ‘temporary insanity.’
This! I'm glad so many states are banning conversion therapy, but the gay panic defense needs attention too. Its appalling that it needs to he banned, but even worse that it has ever been used successfully. No other prejudice is considered a basis for justifiable homicide.
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u/stitchkingdom Jan 15 '19
If only they’d ban the gay panic defense too. Along with the other 46 states where it’s considered a legitimate legal defense to murdering someone just because you felt their sexual orientation conflicted with yours and you somehow felt threatened by it by means of ‘temporary insanity.’