Posted on 11/01/2006 4:32:55 AM PST by Paddlefish
Mary Stachowicz was attacked with such ferocity the assailant's hunting knife blade was bent, but a defense attorney for her alleged attacker is painting her with the blame, saying it wasn't a "hate crime" and it happened because her comments about his "gay" lifestyle assaulted the man.
And since it was only a routine murder case, not a "hate crime," the story is getting almost no coverage from mainstream media outlets, several conservative groups have noted.
The murder trial for Nicholas Gutierrez, 23, in Stachowicz' 2002 death has begun in Chicago, where prosecutor Jim McKay described the viciousness of the attack on the 51-year-old mother of four and faithful Catholic Church member.
She was stabbed, strangled, raped and beaten, and then her body was stuffed in a crawl space under the floor of an apartment, he reported.
But the suspect's attorney, Crystal Marchigiani, alleged in her opening remarks that it was Stachowicz who attacked Gutierrez, and her verbal assault was what sparked his response.
"It happened because she could not leave him alone in his (homosexual) lifestyle," she said, describing the apparent confrontation between the two at the Sikorsky Funeral Home where Stochowicz worked and where Gutierrez lived in an apartment with his partner, Ray.
"The Gutierrez defense team's Politically Correct courtroom ploy ought to be called the 'Anti-homophobe Panic Defense,'" said Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth, a pro-family organization. "Marchigiani's is an ugly attempt to exploit the liberal caricature of Christians who oppose homosexuality as crazed haters with a penchant for aggression."
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weblog postings after the murder were full of anti-Christian hate statements.
"I really don't feel sorry for her. She paid a very steep price for being an arrogant religious fascist. Too bad for her," said "Iris" in a posting on the ACLU Online Forum.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
here are the rule:
only straight white people can be racist
hate crimes can only be against people left of center.
Sounds like her lawyer has a future as an Islamic jurist.
Interesting that the defense here is pretty much the same type of defense lawyers used to get away with in cases of rape. She had it coming.
sort of like sticking your head in a lion's mouth?
The ACLU has an online forum? I think I'll visit and have a little fun...
...was attacked with such ferocity the assailant's hunting knife blade was bent...
Must have been an awful cheap hunting knife.
Darn!
Why would a homosexual rape his victim? Was this his way of humiliating her? Did the act of murder sexually excite him?
Does anything really make a difference , he murdered the woman committed rape on her and then tried to hide the body.
We need to just forget his reasons if they werent self-defense and hang this sorry POS , hang the Murdering bastid high.
Hang his friggin lawyer too.
4 years to get a trial?
Only backs up what I have said for years. No one named Crystal should ever be allowed a law degree. Keep it in mind! ROGayPeace Alert!
Those ACLU types are scary.
"She was asking for it" defense.
It's her fault. She deserved it. How muslim....
she must have said something disparaging about the poofter's handbag...
Yes. If she wouldn't have made those "hateful" comments she would be alive today. < /sarcasm >
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