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At his trial, he was accused of committing a [[hate crime]] in connection with his murder of the older [[gay]] student, after the older student "had been dressing in women's accessories and wearing makeup, and was flirting aggressively with male students on campus who did not want the attention"<ref name="LA Times"/> at a [[public school]] in Oxnard, [[California]]. The defense portrayed McInerney as a "bright but abused boy" and "appeared to reach out for jury sympathy by calling several of McInerney’s relatives to the stand to testify to the abuse the young boy suffered at the hands of his drug-abuser father."<ref name="now"/>

At his trial, he was accused of committing a [[hate crime]] in connection with his murder of the older [[gay]] student, after the older student "had been dressing in women's accessories and wearing makeup, and was flirting aggressively with male students on campus who did not want the attention"<ref name="LA Times"/> at a [[public school]] in Oxnard, [[California]]. The defense portrayed McInerney as a "bright but abused boy" and "appeared to reach out for jury sympathy by calling several of McInerney’s relatives to the stand to testify to the abuse the young boy suffered at the hands of his drug-abuser father."<ref name="now"/>

After McInerney's much-publicized jury trial, six jurors stated that all 12 jurors rejected the politically driven claim of prosecutors that he had committed a hate crime.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/execution-style-killing-classroom-14669728</ref>  The trial resulted in a hung jury, and he later pleaded guilty to the reduced charges. and a shorter prison sentence. The [[mainstream media]], however, continued to falsely portray the murder as a hate crime, failing to include the jurors' opinion.

After McInerney's much-publicized jury trial, six jurors stated that all 12 jurors rejected the politically driven claim of prosecutors that he had committed a hate crime.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/execution-style-killing-classroom-14669728</ref>  The trial resulted in a hung jury, and he later pleaded guilty to the reduced charges. and a shorter prison sentence. The [[mainstream media]], however, continued to falsely portray the murder as a hate crime, failing to include the jurors' opinion.

After the mistrial, and after McInerney agreed to a plea bargain, Dawn King, the mother of the victim:<ref name="LA Times"/>

After the mistrial, and after McInerney agreed to a plea bargain, Dawn King, the mother of the victim:<ref name="LA Times"/>