Illinois To Ban 'Gay Panic Defense' In New Year
LGBTQ activists say they hope lawmakers in other states will also ban the legal defense, which blames a victim's sexual orientation for an attacker's violent reaction.
by Richard Gonzales
Dec 28, 2017
2 minutes
On Monday, Illinois will become the second state to ban the so-called "gay panic defense" in cases in which a murder defendant tries to justify their violence as a reaction to learning that their victim was gay.
California banned the defense tactic in 2014, a
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