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Judi Lynn

(160,644 posts) Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:11 AM Mar 2012

Killing of gay man moves Chile to new law

Killing of gay man moves Chile to new law
March 28, 2012 10:12 AM

SANTIAGO, Chile — Prosecutors in Chile are asking for murder charges in the death of a young gay man whose attackers brutally beat him and carved swastikas into his body.

Daniel Zamudio died Tuesday night, 25 days after he was attacked. The case has prompted a national debate in Chile over hate crimes, and his death prompted Chilean President Sebastian Pinera to say from Asia that his government won't rest until a proposed anti-discrimination law is passed.

Four suspects are jailed, some with criminal records of attacks on gays. Prosecutors asked Wednesday for murder charges carrying life sentences. Gay activists want torture charges as well, saying the attackers beat him for hours, burned him with cigarettes and carved Nazi symbols into his body.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501715_162-57405726/killing-of-gay-man-moves-chile-to-new-law/

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