Matthew Shepard Resource Site. Matthew Shepard Online Resources - Home Page. Tue Nov 9, 1999 - HRC: Shepard Family at White House, Demand Hate Crimes Law NEWS from the Human Rights Campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 8, 1999 Legislation Would Have Helped in Prosecuting Shepard Case, Say Law Enforcement Officers WASHINGTON - The parents of Matthew Shepard - Dennis and Judy -- joined Wyoming law enforcement officials and members of Congress today at a press conference to urge the passage of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA). The HCPA would help foster a strong partnership between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies that would help in the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes, says the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
"Last week, the trial of our son's murder came to an end, closing the last painful chapter in this ordeal that changed our family forever," said Dennis Shepard. "But there is still unfinished business. "I once thought all crimes were hate crimes," said Cmdr. On Oct. 6, 1998 McKinney and Russell A. "Mr. WASHINGTON -Aaron J. Laramie Inside Out » Synopsis. New Details Emerge in Matthew Shepard Murder. Six years ago, on a cold October night on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyo., 21-year-old gay college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead.
He was found 18 hours later and rushed to the hospital, where he lingered on the edge of death for nearly five days before succumbing to his injuries. The story garnered national attention when the attack was characterized as a hate crime. But Shepard's killers, in their first interview since their convictions, tell "20/20's" Elizabeth Vargas that money and drugs motivated their actions that night, not hatred of gays. While Shepard lay unconscious in a hospital, the national press quickly arrived in Laramie. Cal Rerucha, who prosecuted the case, told Vargas the media descended on Laramie "like locusts. " "We knew in the newsroom the day it happened, this is going to be a huge story, this is going to attract international interest," said Jason Marsden of "The Casper Star-Tribune. " Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6. LE PROJET LARAMIE: L’histoire de Matthew Shepard au théatre.
En octobre 1998, dans la petite ville de Laramie, Wyoming, un jeune homme de 21 ans, Matthew Shepard, est découvert attaché à une clôture de barbelés.
Après l’avoir sauvagement battu, ses tortionnaires l’ont abandonné à une mort lente. Son crime : il était homosexuel. Partant de plus de 200 entrevues menées à Laramie, l’auteur et metteur en scène new-yorkais Moisés Kaufman et les membres du Tectonic Theatre Project ont créé une partition dramatique hors du commun. Une chronique de la haine ordinaire, l’autopsie d’un monde perdu confronté à ses peurs. Des mots vrais, une écriture unique. « Le Sénat américain a adopté le jeudi 22 octobre 2009 le texte de la loi « Matthew Shepard » étendant la définition de «crime de haine» aux actes commis contre des personnes en raison de leur genre, de leur identité de genre ou de leur orientation sexuelle.
Matthew Shepard Foundation - Matthew Shepard. Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured and and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming on the night of October 6, 1998, and died six days later at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 12 from severe head injuries.
Two men were arrested shortly after the attack. During the trial of one of his killers, it was widely reported that Shepard was targeted because he was gay; a Laramie police officer testified at a pretrial hearing that the violence against Shepard was due to how the attacker "[felt] about gays", per an interview of the attacker's girlfriend.[1] Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.[2] In October 2009, the United States Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Background[edit] Murder[edit] Arrests and trial[edit] Hate crime legislation[edit] The U.S.
Legacy[edit] Matthew Shepard. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre.
Pour les articles homonymes, voir Shepard. Biographie[modifier | modifier le code] Jeunesse[modifier | modifier le code] Matthew Shepard est le premier des deux fils de Judy Peck et Dennis Shepard. Son frère, Logan, est né en 1981. Après avoir vécu quelque temps en Suisse, il étudie les sciences politiques à l'université du Wyoming, dont il est major en première année. Hommage à Matthew Shepard.