McKinney repeatedly used homosexual slurs in his confession, Marsden said. McKinney is now in a Mississippi prison and not agreeing to interview requests, according to the Wyoming Department of Corrections. Henderson, who pleaded guilty to avoid a possible death sentence, is serving his time at a medium-security prison in Torrington, a quiet farming-and-ranching town a few miles from the Nebraska line.
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He was tied to a split-rail fence where the two men severely assaulted him with the butt of a pistol. He was beaten and left to die in the cold of the night. Almost 18 hours later, he was found by a bicyclist who initially mistook him for a scarecrow. Matt died on October 12 at a. The life and death of Matthew Shepard changed the way we talk about, and deal with, hate in America. His legacy lives on in thousands of people who actively fight to replace hate with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.
At p. Navy destroyer that was refueling at Aden, Yemen. Seventeen sailors were killed and 38 wounded in the attack, which was carried out by The Bavarian royalty invited the citizens of Munich to attend the festivities, held on the fields in front of the city gates. These famous public fields were named Voskhod 1 was the first spacecraft to carry a multi-person crew, and the two-day mission was also the first flight performed without On October 12, , three bombings shatter the peace in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali.
The blasts, the work of militant Islamist terrorists, left people dead and more than others injured, many with severe burns. The attacks shocked residents and those Private First Class Desmond T. When called on by his country to fight in Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his Racial violence flares aboard U.
Navy ships on October 12, Forty six sailors are injured in a race riot involving more than sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk en route to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin off Vietnam.
The incident broke out when a Black On October 12, , a lovesick Thomas Jefferson composes a romantic and introspective letter to a woman named Maria Cosway.
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