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'''Brandon McInerney''' is a 17-year-old who has plead guilty to second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and use of a gun and has been sentenced to 21 years for the shooting death of Lawrence "Larry" Fobes King, age 15. McInerney, who was 14 at the time of the murder, shot King twice at point-blank range<ref name="LA Times">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/brandon-mcinerney-school-criticized-by-both-sides-in-gay-teen-slaying-case.html Brandon McInerney gets 21 years: School faulted in gay teen slaying] Catherine Saillant, L.A. Now blog at latimes.com, November 22, 2011.</ref> in the back of the head.<ref name="now">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/gay-slaying-jury.html Jury unable to reach verdict in killing of gay student Larry King] Catherine Saillant, L.A. Now blog at latimes.com, September 1, 2011, retrieved November 22, 2011</ref>

'''Brandon McInerney''' is a 17-year-old who has pled guilty to second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and use of a gun and has been sentenced to 21 years for the shooting death of Lawrence "Larry" Fobes King, age 15. McInerney, who was 14 at the time of the murder, shot King twice at point-blank range<ref name="LA Times">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/brandon-mcinerney-school-criticized-by-both-sides-in-gay-teen-slaying-case.html Brandon McInerney gets 21 years: School faulted in gay teen slaying] Catherine Saillant, L.A. Now blog at latimes.com, November 23, 2011.</ref> in the back of the head.<ref name="now">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/gay-slaying-jury.html Jury unable to reach verdict in killing of gay student Larry King] Catherine Saillant, L.A. Now blog at latimes.com, September 1, 2011, retrieved November 23, 2011</ref>

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 "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 "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"/>