Lay Church Leader Slain; 'Gay Panic' Defense Employed

In the latest deployment of the so-called "gay panic defense," a Mich. attorney claimed that his client, accused of killing a 62-year-old church layman with a bat, was acting in self-defense.

The Grand Rapids Press posted an article on the story on Mar. 27, detailing how defense lawyer Paul Denenfeld constructed a chain of events for the Kent County Circuit Court during his opening statement in the murder trial of Steven Scarborough, a 22-year-old Tenn. man.

Lay Church Leader Slain; ’Gay Panic’ Defense Employed
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