gay “panic” defense, in which defendants argue for leniency for violence crimes committed against an LGBTQ person by blaming the victim’s identity.Marston opposed the bill, suggesting that banning the defense was unnecessary saying he didn’t “want to have special privileges for special people.”“If you kill somebody you should be charged for murder,” he continued, “and you should be tried on it, and there’s no way in heck that you’re going to be able to say ‘Well because he or she was some deviant sexuality that I’m not…'” Marston said, before he was cut off by fellow Republican Rep.
Daryl Abbas, chairman of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.Abbas passed immediate judgement on Marston’s comment, telling him, “No member.
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