State Senate Approves Legislation to End Gay Panic Defense in NY

By Dan M. Clark

June 12, 2019

State Senate Approves Legislation to End Gay Panic Defense in NY

6.12.2019

By Dan M. Clark

The New York Law Journal quoted President Greenberg on “gay panic defense” and its antithesis to equal justice under the law. (may require subscription)

But lawmakers in the Senate may have to do so again in the coming days; the sponsor of the bill in the Assembly said staff from both chambers are working on what could be an amended version of the bill with different language.

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