"Gay Panic Defense" Bill
House Eliminates ‘Gay Panic Defense’ for Murder
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By a two-to-one margin, the House Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit using the “gay panic defense” to seek a lesser charge of manslaughter instead of murder.
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By a two-to-one margin, the House Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit using the “gay panic defense” to seek a lesser charge of manslaughter instead of murder.
Once again, the Senate voted down an attempt to raise the state’s minimum wage along party lines Thursday.
While advocates say the state needs to raise the minimum wage as a matter of justice, business leaders caution going to a $15 or $22 minimum wage would destroy the New Hampshire economy.