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  2. Matthew Shepard - Wikipedia

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    The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed, is a 2009 biographical book by Judy Shepard about her son. Judy Shepard speaks about her loss, her family memories of Matthew, and the tragic event that changed the Shepards' lives and America.

  3. Stephen Jimenez - Wikipedia

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    Jimenez first visited Laramie shortly after the murder, planning to write a screenplay and believing that the murder was a straightforward homophobic killing. [20] Jimenez spent 13 years researching the murder, and came to the conclusion that Matthew and one of the men convicted of his murder were involved in the illegal trade in crystal meth .

  4. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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    At the request of Senator Jeff Sessions (an opponent of the Matthew Shepard Act), an amendment was added to the Senate version of the hate crimes legislation that would have allowed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for hate crime murders, [54] though the amendment was later removed in conference with the House. [55]

  5. Voices: Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder is still a warning to ...

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    A pair of Matthew Shepard’s sandals are displayed at the White House as part of the commemoration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month on June 25, 2021 in Washington (Getty Images) I was 11 when they murdered ...

  6. `The Laramie Project' stages a special reading in ... - AOL

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    It has been 25 years since the body of Matthew Shepard was discovered in Laramie, Wyoming. The gay college student had been tied to a fence post, tortured and left to die. The murder drew national ...

  7. 25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ ... - AOL

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    It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remote fence to meet his fate ...

  8. Murder of Billy Jack Gaither - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the murder, Alabama was one of 19 states whose hate crime laws did not cover crimes motivated by LGBT identity. Alabama State Representative Alvin Holmes was motivated by both Gaither's and Matthew Shepard's murders to file a bill extending hate crime laws in Alabama to protect the LGBT community. [19]

  9. Murder of Matthew Shepard - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Matthew Shepard#Murder; ... Murder of Matthew Shepard.