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12-15-2016, 03:36 AM
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Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
On the evening of November 30, 1993, Nicholas West, a 23-year-old gay man from Tyler, Texas, was taken at gunpoint from Bergfeld Park by three men who had intended to rob and assault a gay man. They drove him about ten miles to a clay pit outside town, where they robbed and beat him, made him remove his clothes, and shot him repeatedly. His body was discovered two days later. Donald Aldrich, 29, and Henry Dunn, 19, were given death sentences and executed in 2004 and 2003 respectively, while David McMillan, 17, was sentenced to life in prison. The killing became a landmark case in the Texas hate crime law debate, preceding passage of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act in 2001. It was the subject of the 1997 documentary Lone Star Hate, which included forensic photographs.  ·  ·  · |
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12-15-2016, 03:37 AM
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
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12-15-2016, 05:49 AM
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
Such a sad case
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12-15-2016, 06:55 AM
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
Indeed. And you are just as dead whether they call it a "hate crime" or not. I don't know what good it does to invent labels like that - murder is murder.
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12-15-2016, 09:34 AM
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
Exactly. I've yet to see or hear of a "love crime"
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12-15-2016, 10:19 AM
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
Probably just a "feel good" measure by lawmakers unless they can impose higher penalties for "hate" crimes.
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12-15-2016, 11:12 AM
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 General of the Armies Poster Rank:73 Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 20,806 20,806Posts 35,414Thanked 8,116Quoted 15Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
Because the terminology sells readers and that's what news has become. Sensationalized half truths.
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12-16-2016, 02:19 AM
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 DETECTIVE JOHN KIMBAL! Poster Rank:214 cocksack Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 7,139 7,139Posts 4,627Thanked 686Quoted 8Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
So was it just some random murder? Had nothing to do with the suspect hating or disliking his lifestyle? I can almost guarantee it wasn't because he caught him sleeping with his wife |
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12-16-2016, 02:38 AM
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 NOT THE BOSS Poster Rank:32 ᴀᴅᴍɪɴɪᴤᴛʀᴀᴛᴏʀ Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 47,730
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
Hate crime, in my understanding, is when you commit a crime against somebody because of their lifestyle or skin colour, or beliefs.
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12-16-2016, 07:41 AM
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| The Candyman With the Windowless Van Poster Rank:142 Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 11,823 11,823Posts 10,845Thanked 6,222Quoted 32Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Murder of Nicholas West, Killed in a 1993 Texas Hate Crime (Autopsy Photos)
Well, they do speak of "crimes of passion" - close enough.
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