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Episode 9
Murdered:
Matthew Shepard/James Byrd Jr
For our second pride month episode, Erika wanted to touch on two cases from 1998 that expanded hate crime laws to further protect people of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, gender identity, or disability. Matthew Shepard was a 21-year-old student at The University of Wyoming who was beaten and left to die by two men pretending to be gay. In the same year, 49-year-old James Byrd Jr. suffered a brutal, unfathomable death at the hands of two members of the KKK and an accomplice. After many years, the stories of these two men helped to create The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
The Cleveland Kidnapping Case: A timeline of events(https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-of-events-the-cleveland-kidnapping-case/)
Cuyahoga County Court Psychiatric Clinic: Competency Report(https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1154088-castrocopetency.html)
Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro: A troubling portrait emerges(https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-castro-abuse-history-20130509-story.html)
Ariel Castro Loved Daughter, Wanted to Get Caught, Lawyer Says(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ariel-castro-loved-daughter-wanted-get-caught-lawyer-says-n98126)
Ariel Castro’s alleged abuse, sadism is all too common(https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/10/world/opinion-ragan-abuse/index.html)
Ariel Castro files: Kidnapper and rapist tells of abuse as a child, says never suicidal (document)(https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2014/05/ariel_castro_files_kidnapper_a.html)
Ariel Castro testimony rejected by experts: 'He is not sick'(https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ariel-castro-testimony-rejected-by-experts-he-is-not-sick-1.1302652)
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus found 'Hope' during years trapped in Seymour Avenue home of Ariel Castro (book review)(https://www.cleveland.com/books/2015/04/amanda_berry_and_gina_dejesus.html)
Why Cleveland Kidnapping Survivors Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus Don't Speak with Fellow Victim Michelle Knight(https://people.com/crime/cleveland-kidnapping-survivors-dont-speak-to-michelle-knight/)
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus reveal why they don’t speak with Michelle Knight(https://kfor.com/news/amanda-berry-gina-dejesus-reveal-why-they-dont-speak-with-michelle-knight/)
Cleveland Family Center for Missing Children and Adults(https://clevelandmissing.org/)
Lily's Ray of Hope(https://www.lilysrayofhope.org/)
What Happened to Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight After They Escaped from Captor Ariel Castro?(https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/cleveland-kidnapping-survivors-now)
Amanda Berry's emotional call to 911(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aoxryWaSqc)
Statements on behalf of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight(https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2013/08/statement-from-michelle-knight.pdf)
Amanda Berry`s 3-year anniversary at FOX 8(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XorInyzqf6E)
Inside Ariel Castro's house(https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/inside-ariel-castros-house-idINRTX127R2)
Remorseless Cleveland Kidnapper Tries To Justify Monstrous Crimes, Sentenced To Life Without Parole(https://www.businessinsider.com/cleveland-kidnapper-ariel-castros-statement-in-court-2013-8)
Ariel Castro did not die of auto-erotic asphyxiation, coroner says(https://www.wtkr.com/2013/10/11/ariel-castro-did-not-die-of-auto-erotic-asphyxiation-coroner-says)
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Operation Support Center After-Action Review Report Ariel Castro (A643-371) Self-Inflicted Death Corrections Reception Center: September 3, 2013(http://docshare01.docshare.tips/files/17507/175077575.pdf)
Ariel Castro prison guards falsified observation logs, state report finds(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/10/ariel-castro-prison-suicide-report)
A Look into the Psychology of Ariel Castro(https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/a-look-into-the-psychology-of-ariel-castro)
Attorney reveals some of Ariel Castro's secrets(https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2014/05/06/attorney-ariel-castro-secrets/8755611/)
Case Western Reserve psychologist says Ariel Castro suicide may leave victims with more 'unresolved issues'(https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2013/09/case_western_reserve_psycholog.html)
Michelle Knight still recovering five years after being freed from Ariel Castro(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michelle-knight-still-recovering-5-years-after-being-freed-ariel-n870906)
The Cleveland Kidnapping Case: A House of Horrors, an Amazing Escape and the Survivors' Lives Now(https://people.com/crime/ariel-castro-kidnappings-cleveland-survivors-timeline/?slide=2315178#2315178)
Gina DeJesus, woman held captive by Ariel Castro, carjacked at gunpoint(https://wgntv.com/news/gina-dejesus-woman-held-captive-by-ariel-castro-carjacked-at-gunpoint/)
The Ariel Castro Kidnappings: How One Vile Man Abused Three Women For A Decade(https://allthatsinteresting.com/ariel-castro-cleveland-abduction)
Fernando Colon, Convicted of Molesting Ariel Castro's Daughters, May Get New Trial(https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/04/28/fernando-colon-convicted-of-molesting-ariel-castros-daughters-may-get-new-trial)
Ariel Castro 'kept his WIFE chained up in the basement where he later locked his victims and whipped her with dog chains'(https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2321935/Ariel-Castro-kept-WIFE-chained-basement-later-locked-victims-whipped-dog-chains.html)
Accused Kidnapper Ariel Castro Preyed on His Daughters' Friends, Emily Castro Says(https://abcnews.go.com/US/accused-kidnapper-ariel-castro-preyed-daughters-friends-emily/story?id=19195556)
Accused Kidnapper Ariel Castro Beat Wife, Threatened Neighbors, Police Records Say(https://abcnews.go.com/US/accused-kidnapper-ariel-castro-beat-wife-threatened-neighbors/story?id=19169152)
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings(https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Me-Reclaimed-Cleveland-Kidnappings/dp/1602862796)
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland(https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Survival-Cleveland-Amanda-Berry/dp/0143108204)
The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus(https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Girls-Cleveland-Abductions-Incredible/dp/1250092116/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ariel+castro&qid=1630527397&s=books&sr=1-1)
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