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Spain: Gay Panic Defense Wins Acquittal In Horrific Double Murder
March 4, 2009

Andres Duque is reporting a gruesome story out of Spain where a man was just acquitted of his confessed murder of two gay men because of his claim of "homosexual panic."

The details of the case are horrific, if familiar. The murderer was picked up by one of the two men at the bar where he worked and came home for a meal with the couple. When sex appeared to be in the picture, he stabbed the two to death. Read more

Spain: Outrage at acquittal of man who stabbed gay couple 57 times and set their bodies on fire - March 2, 2009 Read more
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Beat stabbing ‘wasn’t gay panic’ • SSO • January 28, 2009

The manslaughter conviction of a schoolboy for the fatal stabbing of Gerard Fleming wasn’t downgraded because of a homosexual provocation defence, NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos has said.

Acknowledging community concerns about the three-and-a-half-year non-parole sentence, Hatzistergos said “it is important to note that the Court, including the jury, saw this case as a ‘tragedy arising from a failure to communicate and a misunderstanding’, rather than one involving homophobic motives.” Read more

Read the Supreme Court Decision
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'Homosexual Panic' and the Mercenary Killing
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Australia's Criminal Justice System Fails Lesbians and Gay Men
Murdoch University • July 1996

This paper discusses Australia's criminal justice system and the way it relates to the 'sexual orientation' of a party. Research is presented which seeks to underscore the extent of the difficulties faced by lesbian and gay men within that system. Exam ination is made of the broader social context within which Australia's criminal justice system operates. Read more
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Operation Taradale
Finding and Recommendations:
Inquest into the death of John Alan RUSSELL
Inquests into the suspected deaths of Ross Bradley WARREN &
Gilles Jacques MATTAINI
Operation Taradale Findings • March 9, 2005