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Hates Crimes....Read on please -
14:39 May 16 2008
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If you look under my song lyrics section of my Journal under March 08', you can locate the lyrics to a song off Triviums album: The Crusade, the songs titled "And Sadness Will Sear". The true story of a hate crime against beautiful Matthew Shepard, which led to his death in October 1998.



Shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998, 21-year-old Shepard met McKinney and Henderson in a bar. According to McKinney, Shepard asked them for a ride home. Subsequently, Shepard was robbed, severely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. McKinney and Henderson also found out his address, intending to burglarize his home. Shepard was discovered by a bicyclist 18 hours later, still alive but unconscious.



Shepard suffered a fracture from the back of his head to the front of his right ear. He had severe brain stem damage, which affected his body's ability to regulate heart rate, body temperature and other vital signs. There were also about a dozen small lacerations around his head, face and neck. His injuries were deemed too severe for doctors to operate. Shepard never regained consciousness and remained on full life support. He was pronounced dead at 12:53 a.m. on October 12 at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. Police arrested McKinney and Henderson shortly thereafter, finding the bloody gun as well as the victim's shoes and wallet in their truck. The two men had attempted to get their girlfriends to provide alibis.

I wanted to post some links to more details on this hate crime and also I recommend a visit to the site HateCrimes.org.

http://members.aol.com/arisiaart/Matt1.html

http://www.wiredstrategies.com/shepardx.html

http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/very-disappointing-news-matthew-shepard-act-hate-crimes-bill-derailed/