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Panic Defense

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Paul Howard's Gay Panic Defense Is a Reprehensible Defense

In 1998, in Laramie, Wyoming, a cyclist saw what he thought was a scarecrow. It turned out to be University of Wyoming freshman Matthew Shepard. One of the defendant's attorneys attempted to use gay panic as part of their defense. Paul Howard: "I think it's a reprehensible defense"

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