Gay panic defense
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gay-panic-defense-174-17917693
title:
Gay panic defense
text:
The gay panic defense or homosexual advance defence is a strategy of legal defense, which refers to a situation in which a heterosexual individual charged with a violent crime against a homosexual individual claims they lost control and reacted violently because of an unwanted sexual advance that was made upon them. A defendant will use available legal defenses against assault and murder, with the aim of seeking an acquittal, a mitigated sentence, or a conviction of a lesser offense. A defendant
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Controversial legal defense
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_panic_defense
date created:
2002-10-11T20:15:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T22:49:36Z
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