Anatomy of a hate crime : murder in Laramie : a screenplay / by Max Ember. [2000]

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Anatomy of a hate crime : murder in Laramie : a screenplay / by Max Ember. [2000]

Recreates the events leading up to the violent death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, in Laramie, Wyo. in Oct. 1998. Focuses on the more worldly Shepard, as well as on his killers, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, two local youths who met Shepard in a bar and later robbed and beat him and left him for dead.

90 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7598725

Ohio University, Alden Library

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Shepard, Matthew Wayne, 1976-1998

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Matthew Wayne "Matt" Shepard (December 1, 1976, Casper, Wyoming – October 12, 1998, Fort Collins, Colorado) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation at the state and federal l...

Ember, Max.

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