Assembly Passes Legislation to End the Use of Gay and Trans Panic Defenses
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
ALBANY, New York, June 19 -- The New York State Assembly issued the following news release:
Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell today announced the Assembly has passed legislation to end the use of gay and trans panic defenses. Under current law, the use of the "extreme emotional disturbance" defense, in some instances, can be used to reduce a murder charge. With this critical change in law, defendants can no longer seek to reduce a murder charge based . . .
Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell today announced the Assembly has passed legislation to end the use of gay and trans panic defenses. Under current law, the use of the "extreme emotional disturbance" defense, in some instances, can be used to reduce a murder charge. With this critical change in law, defendants can no longer seek to reduce a murder charge based . . .