I’ve never heard of anything such as the “gay panic” defense until I read this article.  Basically, it’s a temporary insanity defense that allows a person to walk away from hate crimes directed at a homosexual person, even when it leads to that person’s death.  In the state Indiana, it could be used to free two sick bastards who have confessed to torturing, beating, and eventually killing a man simply because he made advances toward them!  It says something about how Americans view homosexuals (at least in some parts of this country) as something less than human.  That their sexuality something that warrants beating and torturing, and if the person dies in the process well that’s just the price they pay for being gay.  Shame on the people of Indiana if they allow these sons of bitches to get away with murder.