Murderer of gay man not to be charged with hate crime

Yahoo Gay News / 365 Gay  Mar 19 09

(New York City) A 19-year-old Brooklyn man has been convicted of murder in the stabbing of a gay man he claimed had flirted with him, but the jury was not allowed to consider whether the killing was a hate crime. Omar Willock had been charged with murder as a hate crime ... Full story...

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