Under current Michigan law, a judge or jury ... and local governments to bar gay panic legal defenses. Now, over ten years later, Michigan will be banning the defense, becoming the 20th state ...

Gay and transgender “panic” defenses are no longer viable in Michigan courtrooms under legislation signed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michigan is the 20th state to outlaw such ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed ... is sometimes called the “gay panic” defense in cases of crimes, particularly violent offenses, against LGBTQ people. The new law instructs courts that ...

Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed a slate of 39 bills into law, including ... or “to support a defense of reduced mental capacity.” Michigan House passes ban on gay & trans panic defenses Such ...

A study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law from 2021 found that the “gay panic defense ... On July 23, Whitmer signed the “gay defense” ban into law, now outlawing this ...

Michigan became the 20th state to ban gay and trans panic defense in criminal cases after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation ... the provisions of any other law of this state, an individual ...

The state of Michigan has outlawed the so-called “gay ... panic” defense, becoming the 20th state in the U.S. to do so. On Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed a slate of 39 bills into ...