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::The men were not convicted of a hate crime because there was no law in place at the time stating that killing a homosexual for any reason besides they were a homosexual was a hate crime. Also, as was once stated in the article (I guess someone deleated it), it stated that they wanted to rob a homosexual man. This means that they did not just target Sheppard, but any homosexual man. Also, I only put that in there because of the conversation above because I wanted to make it clear what was a hate crime for them.
::The men were not convicted of a hate crime because there was no law in place at the time stating that killing a homosexual for any reason besides they were a homosexual was a hate crime. Also, as was once stated in the article (I guess someone deleated it), it stated that they wanted to rob a homosexual man. This means that they did not just target Sheppard, but any homosexual man. Also, I only put that in there because of the conversation above because I wanted to make it clear what was a hate crime for them.
== Mention of gay bar, other important factors ==
Why is so little detail given into the context of the murder? There is no mention of the men being straight, Shepard being gay, the bar they were in being a gay bar, the testimonies of the girlfriends of the killers saying that the murder was premeditated? I understand the agenda of CP, but these seem like important aspects of the case, even if they do knock down the rest of the article, which is a house of cards built on the omission of these facts.
[[User:LordNelsonRepub|LordNelsonRepub]] 1:15PM, May 16, 2009