Retrial Begins in Talk Show Killing
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A man who killed a gay acquaintance in 1995 after the victim revealed a crush on him during a talk show taping went to trial in Pontiac, Mich., for the second time. The defense lawyer for Jonathan Schmitz said the gay man, Scott Amedure, was to blame because he pursued his client to the point that Schmitz “lost it” after the taping of “The Jenny Jones Show.” Schmitz was convicted of second-degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison. But an appeals court overturned the verdict on a technicality.
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