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Lawyer: NYC immigrant killing not hate crime

Posted on March 3, 2009 
Filed Under 365Gay, News

(New York City) A lawyer for one of two men accused of murdering an Ecuadorean immigrant in a hate crime says his client acted in self-defense, believing the victim was reaching for a gun during a scuffle.

Keith Phoenix, 28, was being held without bail after his arraignment Saturday on a …

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Tags: Arraignment, Hate Crime, Lawyer, New York City, Phoenix, Self Defense, Two Men

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