Young gay and murdered

Her sentencing date is June 7. Pearl Fernandez's boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, 37, was convicted of first-degree murder in December. Jurors recommended the death penalty for his role in fatally torturing the young boy. Aguirre is scheduled to be sentenced on March 8.

Documentary Explores 2008 Murder Of Gay Teen In Oxnard Classroom

President Bill Clinton condemned the attackers as "full of hatred or full of fear or both". Matthew Shepard died as a cultural age of innocence - some would say blissful ignorance - was coming to a close for America's millennials. The whir and warble of dial-up internet was beginning to be heard in homes around the country.

Matthew Shepard: The murder that changed America

His gifts will never be realized or shared now. Defense attorney Ken Morrison told jurors during closing arguments that Woodward is guilty of homicide, though said the act was not a hate crime but a spontaneous, irrational one. But as you also know, there are many different kinds of homicide.

Woman pleads guilty in murder of son, 8, thought to be gay

It was really important that you felt the loss of a human being. KCAL9's Serene Branson reported that Lawrence King's father said the ordeal has taken a toll on him and he would not be watching the documentary. Featured Local Savings. More from CBS News. LA mayor says it's not a problem that city doesn't have permanent fire chief.