The Murder of Sophie Lancaster - The Trial Part 3

News Reports on Trial of those accused of the murder of Sophie Lancaster and the assault on her boyfriend Rob Maltby. They were attacked for simply dressing in the way they wanted.

The Official SOPHIE campaign: "Stamp Out Prejudice Hatred (and) Intolerance Everywhere" aiming to "provide an appropriate memorial; a lasting legacy to raise awareness of the injustice perpetrated against Sophie Lancaster and to work towards a more tolerant, less violent society. Set up by her family and friends you can contribute there.
http://www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie

UK Petition against subcultural hate crime:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Widen the definition of 'Hate Crime', to include crimes committed against a person or persons, on the basis of their appearance or subcultural interests." [You have to be British to sign.]
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/goth-hatecrimes/

The hate crime petition [ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/goth-hatecrimes/ ] ended with 7126 signatures and it may result in a change in a law in the UK but only if YOU act now. Check out this article.

Murder may lead to law change April 4th
http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/s/1043899_murder_may_lead_to_law_change

"Now Rossendale MP Janet Anderson and Haslingden MP Greg Pope are set to request an adjournment debate in the House of Commons to call for the widening of the law to include such an attack under the definition of a hate crime as soon as possible."

Please write to your local MP about the importance of this issue and ask them to back the call for a debate/motion after sentencing in the Sophie case on April 28th. This site makes it easy it will take a few moments.
http://www.writetothem.com/

Use your own words or quotes from newspapers as that will have more force (chain letters get ignored).

The Wikipedia article is a good round up of all that has happened till recently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Lancaster

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