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Sean W. Kennedy (April 8, 1987 – May 16, 2007) was a young gay American man who was severely punched by a younger man as he was leaving a bar in Greenville, South Carolina. He fell and hit his head on the pavement, dying later of his fatal injuries.〔 〕〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.seanslastwish.com/ ) 〕 This attack and Kennedy's death is believed to have contributed to passage of the Hate Crime Prevention Act of 2009, for which his mother lobbied. Stephen Andrew Moller pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in causing Kennedy's death. He was sentenced to five years, suspended to three years and counting time already served. He was released on parole July 1, 2009. ==Death== On May 16, 2007, at about 3:45 am, Kennedy was leaving a local bar in Greenville. A car pulled up beside him, and a young man got out and went up to Kennedy. He punched him hard enough to break facial bones. Kennedy fell and hit the asphalt, resulting in his brain separating from his brain stem and ricocheting in his skull. Kennedy later died of these fatal injuries. Stephen Andrew Moller, who was eighteen years old at the time, was charged with involuntary manslaughter of Sean Kennedy. The warrant stated that the act was "a result of the defendant (Moller) not liking the sexual identity of the victim."〔Paul Hyde, ("Community rallies against hate, intolerance" ), ''Greenville News'', 6 June 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death of Sean Kennedy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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