Gunner Lindberg
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Gunner Jay Lindberg is a convicted murderer currently on Death Row
in California
in the United States
. Lindberg was convicted of the brutal murder of 24-year-old Vietnamese American
Thien Minh Ly on January 28, 1996, in the Orange County city of Tustin
.
Lindberg wanted to celebrate that evening's Super Bowl victory by the Dallas Cowboys, which he called "America's team," by finding "a Jap." Lindberg and an accomplice, 17-year-old Domenic Michael Christopher, encountered Ly, who was rollerblading around the tennis courts at Tustin High School. Lindberg and Christopher trapped Ly on the courts, beat him, kicked him and then stabbed him 22 times. Prosecutors categorized this act as a hate crime
.
In July 2008, the OC Weekly profiled Lindberg, Ly, the crime, and the pending case before the California Supreme Court, which was debating whether or not the killing was a hate crime after Lindberg's attorney filed an appeal.
On August 29, 2008, the California Supreme Court issued a 69-page decision that affirmed Lindberg's trial, convictions and death sentence.
Death row
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in California
California
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in the United States
United States
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. Lindberg was convicted of the brutal murder of 24-year-old Vietnamese American
Vietnamese American
A Vietnamese American is an American of Vietnamese descent. They make up about half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American group....
Thien Minh Ly on January 28, 1996, in the Orange County city of Tustin
Tustin, California
-Top employers:According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Tustin had a population of 75,540. The population density was 6,816.7 people per square mile...
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Lindberg wanted to celebrate that evening's Super Bowl victory by the Dallas Cowboys, which he called "America's team," by finding "a Jap." Lindberg and an accomplice, 17-year-old Domenic Michael Christopher, encountered Ly, who was rollerblading around the tennis courts at Tustin High School. Lindberg and Christopher trapped Ly on the courts, beat him, kicked him and then stabbed him 22 times. Prosecutors categorized this act as a hate crime
Hate crime
In crime and law, hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, social status or...
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In July 2008, the OC Weekly profiled Lindberg, Ly, the crime, and the pending case before the California Supreme Court, which was debating whether or not the killing was a hate crime after Lindberg's attorney filed an appeal.
On August 29, 2008, the California Supreme Court issued a 69-page decision that affirmed Lindberg's trial, convictions and death sentence.