the 1999 sentencing russell admitted that he drove the truck the night of matthew shepard was robbed and beaten and that it was he that tight matthew to the fans albeit on the instructions of aaron mckinney. yet he also told me explicitly on several occasions that he never raised a hand against matthew. i never struck him, never hit him. i never even pushed him or shook his hand. since he agreed to a plea bargain and never presented concrete evidence to support his version of events why should he be believed now? after visiting him, i arrived back in my hotel room more puzzled than ever by his matter-of-fact yet seemingly candid account of the crime that landed him in prison the rest of his life. i also felt a sense of confinement as i stared out the window at the swimming pools in the perfectly manicured gardens. that evening while drifting through the hotel casino in search of the restaurant hundreds of machines flushing their colored lights, the sensation of being trapped was exacerbated. after he and i met i heard a rumor that his first year in the penitentiary was a nightmare tha

the attack on matthew shepard hapgood just four months after the dragging death of ames byrd junior in jasper, texas. so there was a hate crime bill that was solid congress at the time this attack on matthew happened here in laramie. i'll go back to my arrival here. i arrived at the courthouse and asked to look at documents in reams of paper in x-files came out and i started to go through those records and take notes during this first true. i was fortunate that day, the girl was walking around up in the county attorneys office. i recognized them because i had seen him in news stories and i just approached him and said would you talk with me for a few minutes about the case? he agreed. i wanted to his office. we spoke a day for 45 minutes. it was very clear that he was sizing up attention not just that, but in the months that followed. he told me he wanted nothing to do with anything that would inflict any further pain on matthew shepard family. i basically said to him, would you help educate me about the case? you know, i was a character in the trials and the many court proceeding. wou

the first such protest, in 19- 98, took place at the funeral of matthew shepard, a man from wyoming who was tortured and killed because of his homosexuality. phelps' son said his father was kicked out of the church last year. a man in north carolina is arrested for allegedly sucking the toes of a complete stranger in a wal-mart. >> what you have to say? >> kino i want to hear his answer that thepolice say on monday michael brown entered a wal-mart in lincolnton and approached a woman who was trying on shoes. she thought he worked there and then he told her he was a podiatry student. as brown was helping her, he took a picture of her foot and then lifted it and sucked her toes. >> he grabbed my foot and put it in his mouth. i said what's wrong with you? he said i am sorry. forgive me. please don't tell anybody. the woman did go tell her husband and they called police. brown is charged with misdemeanor assault. this isn't brown's first toe- sucking arrest. in 2001, he was convicted for breaking into a house and sucking a woman's toes. brown is also registered sex offender. a teenager from

. >> collins picked number 98 to honor matthew shepard. >> collins sat down with cnn's rachel nichols to talk about life in the nba and life in the locker room. >> you had a great line when you first came out. you said i had been showering in the nba for 12 years. clearly it hasn't killed anybody. you are back in the locker room and training room. is anything different? >> no, it is the same environment. everything is the same. just, you know, like i said before, 12 years in the nba, not a problem. not an issue. you are 13. same old, same old. >> so check out more of cnn's interview with collins, go to cnn.com/unguarded. >>> a high school senior in the seattle area is not letting anything hold him back. in a wheelchair diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, josh is belting it out in "shrek the musical." ♪ are the things that make us strong ♪ >> love it. poignant for josh. he wanted to be in the school play to show his brother who also has muscular dystrophy that he can do anything. you can do whatever you want. >> certainly. >>> we are glad yo

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