"Gay Panic Defense" Bill

House Eliminates ‘Gay Panic Defense’ for Murder

By Garry Rayno | January 6, 2022

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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