Panic Defense facts
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In 2009 Air force One followed by an F-16 jet flew low, circling the Statue of Liberty and lower Manhattan causing panic and evacuations. The defense department organized the photo op to get pictures of the plane in front of national landmarks without informing the mayor or the public of NYC
how panic attacks work?
Gay panic", in which a defendant denies legal culpability due to temporary insanity over unwanted gay sexual advances, has been used as a successful defense against assault & murder charges in several countries
Panic defense in what states?
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what is the lgbt panic defense?
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About the "gay/trans panic defense," which can be used in assault and murder cases to get a lesser charge/sentence by claiming that the defendant acted in a state of violent temporary insanity because of unwanted same-sex sexual advances.
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Panic defense, which allow defendants of murder to argue a lesser sentence because they were shocked to learn their victim was gay
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There is such a thing as "Gay and Trans 'Panic'" which can be used as a valid legal defense to justify the assault and sometimes murder of a Gay/Transgendered person, and using this defense is only banned in California.
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The 'gay panic defense' which was/is used as a mitigating factor for murder and assault by claiming that they lost control because their victim is a homosexual
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The Gay Panic Defense: a legitimate legal defense in many jurisdictions whereby those accused of assault or murder are said to have been provoked into intense fear and insanity by the victim's homosexuality.
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There are laws in many places roughly called "gay panic defense" excusing violence and sometimes murder if it was because of homosexual advances
