{"id":10251,"date":"2024-11-25T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/four-convicted-in-spain-over-homophobic-murder-of-24-year-old-nursing-assistant\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:37:43","slug":"four-convicted-in-spain-over-homophobic-murder-of-24-year-old-nursing-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/four-convicted-in-spain-over-homophobic-murder-of-24-year-old-nursing-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Four convicted in Spain over homophobic murder of 24-year-old nursing assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3vq8opg001r26p2d5q89b4d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Four men were convicted in Spain Sunday in connection with the homophobic murder of a 24-year-old nursing assistant that sparked protests in cities across Spain and abroad.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3vq9imk0004356mctx0z9pn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Samuel Luiz died in hospital after being assaulted by a group of people outside a night club in A Coruna in the northwestern Galicia region in July 2021.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3vq9imk0005356mmm1ss36e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Diego Monta\u00f1a, Alejandro Freire and Kaio Amaral were found guilty of aggravated murder, and Alejandro M\u00edguez of complicity.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3vq9imk0006356m6ul04o24@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The jury in A Coruna found it proven that Monta\u00f1a \u2014 the leader of the group \u2014 had concluded that Luiz was gay from his speech and clothing, shouting homophobic insults at him before the attack and making anti-gay comments afterward to the other accused.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3vq9imk0008356m88n24xku@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The jury spent an unusually long five days deliberating after a trial that lasted nearly four weeks. Sentencing will take place later; the prosecution has asked for jail terms of between 22 and 27 years.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3vqtmmw000s356mcxrj5vou@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Some 364 hate crimes related to sexual orientation or gender identity were reported in Spain in 2023, and 184 arrests were made, according to Interior Ministry data.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3vqtsqt000u356m4bcyq55m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights says only a fraction of hate crimes are reported.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four men were convicted in Spain Sunday in connection with the homophobic murder of a 24-year-old nursing assistant that sparked protests in cities across Spain and abroad. 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