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The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Michael Mehas says it’s too bad for Brandon McInerney that he wasn’t born 19 days later. “If he were 19 days younger, he would be legally unfit to be tried as an adult.” You will recall that Brandon is the Oxnard, CA, youth charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime in connection with the Feb. 12 killing of his classmate Larry King, 15, who sometimes wore makeup and told friends he was gay....
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Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Two new developments in the Lawrence King case. First, the prosecution of Brandon McInerney, the 14-year-old accused of gunning down gay classmate Lawrence King. Now that a Ventura County turned down his request for a juvenile trial, the defense attorney...
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Brandon McInerney, the alleged killer of 15 year-old Lawrence King, will be tried as an adult. From the Ventura County Star : Relying on past court decisions, a judge ruled Thursday that trying a 14-year-old boy accused of murder in an adult court does not violate the constitution, swatting down legal arguments raised by the boy's attorney that it was cruel and unusual punishment to do so. 'I cannot...
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Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Douglas Daily ruled yesterday that Brandon McInerney, the 14-year-old who shot and killed Lawrence King at school in February and was charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime, can be tried as an adult. McInerney’s lawyer, William Quest, along with a large coalition of gay groups, had urged the court [...]
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Gay.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Fourteen-year-old Brandon McInerney, the accused slayer of 15-year-old gay classmate Lawrence King, pictured, will be tried as an adult, a judge rules.
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Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
A decision is made on the prosecution of Brandon McInerney, the 14-year-old accused of gunning down openly gay classmate Lawrence King. A Ventura County, California judge rules the boy will not be tried in juvenile court and will be tried...
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Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
A Ventura County, California judge has ruled that the 14-year-old killer of gay teen Lawrence King will be tried as a adult. Relying on past court decisions, a judge ruled Thursday that trying a 14-year-old boy accused of murder in an adult court does not violate the constitution, swatting down legal arguments raised by the boy's attorney that it was cruel and unusual punishment to do so. "I cannot...
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Out in Left Field (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Lawrence King is abandoned at birth. Grows up with all kinds of problems. His adoptive parents allow him to go to middle school in full drag sometimes - with makeup. Brandon McInerney comes from a broken home. Mom's addicted to meth and Dad likes to beat the sh*t out of her from time to time. Lawrence flirts inappropriately with Brandon almost every day. Thrives off negative attention. Brandon takes...
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YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The lives of the students at Oxnard, Calif.'s E.O. Green Junior High School were shaken earlier this year when fellow student Brandon McInerney killed openly gay student Larry King. Now the community is working to piece together what went so terribly wrong and McInerney is waiting to be arraigned this week, charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime. In the July 28 Newsweek cover, "Murder in...
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gay youth news blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
OXNARD, Calif.—A 14-year-old charged with killing a gay classmate in Oxnard should be tried as a juvenile, his lawyer says. The attorney for Brandon McInerney filed a motion on Tuesday asking a Ventura County judge to move the murder case from adult to juvenile court. The attorney argues that a state law allowing the teen to be tried as an adult and face a potential life sentence is cruel and unusual...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
A 14-year-old charged with killing a gay classmate in Oxnard should be tried as a juvenile, his lawyer says. The attorney for Brandon McInerney filed a motion on Tuesday asking a Ventura County judge to move the murder case from adult to juvenile court. The...
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gay youth news blog (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Lawyer for teen accused in slaying pledges to respect the victim William Quest -- the defense attorney for Brandon McInerney, a 14-year-old who has been charged in the shooting death of a 15-year-old classmate, Lawrence King -- has pledged to not base his defense in the case on gay bashing of the victim. The two sides are scheduled to return to Superior Court in California's Ventura County on July...
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
The arraignment of Brandon McInerney, the fourteen-year old who allegedly shot and killed gay teen Lawrence King, has been delayed. [Towleroad]
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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Brandon McInerney's parents (pictured) and grandfather were present yesterday at Ventura Courthouse where the arraignment of the 14-year-old for shooting and killing classmate Lawrence King was scheduled, and postponed for a second time. McInerney's attorney is still working to have...
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BGay.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The lawyer of Brandon McInerney, the 14-year-old boy who killed gay teenager Lawrence King at a high school in Oxnard, CA, in February, claims school officials' gay positive attitude is to blame for King's murder.
