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40 Years For Man That Poured Hot Water on Atlanta Gay Couple

Jeremy Jones by Jeremy Jones
August 25, 2016
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40 Years For Man That Poured Hot Water on Atlanta Gay Couple

Martin Blackwell watches arguments in his trial in Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Blackwell accused of throwing boiled water on a same-sex couple sleeping in a suburban Atlanta apartment acted recklessly but wasn’t motivated by hate or malice, his defense attorney said Wednesday. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Yesterday a Georgia judge sentenced Martin Blackwell to 40 years in prison Wednesday for throwing boiling hot water on a gay couple while they were sleeping.

It took the jury 90 minutes before finding Blackwell guilty, on 8 counts of aggravated battery and 2 counts of aggravated assault from the February attack.

Burn victim Anthony Gooden gets help with his injured hand during a break in a trial for Martin Blackwell in Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Blackwell is accused of pouring hot water on Gooden and his friend as they slept. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Burn victim Anthony Gooden gets help with his injured hand during a break in a trial for Martin Blackwell in Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Blackwell is accused of pouring hot water on Gooden and his friend as they slept. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)



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During the trial for Martin Blackwell a lawyer holds a pot they say Blackwell used to pour boiling water on his girlfriend's gay son and his friend as they slept, in Atlanta, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
During the trial for Martin Blackwell a lawyer holds a pot they say Blackwell used to pour boiling water on his girlfriend’s gay son and his friend as they slept, in Atlanta, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Although Georgia doesn’t have a hate crime law, the FBI announced in March that it opened a hate crime investigation.




Blackwell’s defense attorney acknowledged that he poured water on the pair, but asked jurors to find that it was reckless conduct. “It’s not about hate. It’s about old-school culture, old-school thinking,” Monique Walker told the jury.

The defense didn’t call any witnesses and didn’t present any evidence. Blackwell, who remained stoic throughout the trial, did not take the stand. He showed no reaction when the verdict was read.

Read more on how Martin Blackwell knew the gay couple.

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