Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Boy who killed gay classmate deserves leniency, jurors say

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef014e8b2b766a970d-600wi

Several jurors who deadlocked last month in the case of a former middle school student accused of killing his gay classmate said prosecutors should significantly reduce charges against the boy.

They said they didn't believe Brandon McInerney killed Larry King because the boy was gay and urged that he be tried in Juvenile Court instead of as an adult.

"Brandon got a raw deal,'' said juror Nancy Shulman.

She and two other jurors stood in the audience Wednesday during a hearing where prosecutors said they will retry McInerney as an adult for first-degree murder but drop the key allegation that the crime was motivated by a hatred of homosexuals. The jurors wore light-blue rubber bracelets stamped "Free Brandon" and said they were there to support McInerney.

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