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Clarence Thomas: The First Ten Years Looking For Consistency, Mark Niles Jan 2002

Clarence Thomas: The First Ten Years Looking For Consistency, Mark Niles

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Dissecting Axes Of Subordination: The Need For A Structural Analysis, Darren Lenard Hutchinson Jan 2002

Dissecting Axes Of Subordination: The Need For A Structural Analysis, Darren Lenard Hutchinson

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Proceedings of a criminal trial in Dallas, Texas, demonstrate the vulnerability of LGBT individuals to judicial bias. Although the jury convicted the defendant of murdering two gay males, the judge explained his light sentence: "I put prostitutes and gays at about the same level, and I'd be hard put to give somebody life for killing a prostitute . . . had [the victims] not been out there trying to spread AIDS, they'd still be alive today . . . These two guys that got killed wouldn't have been killed if they hadn't been cruising the streets picking up teen-age boys …