Prosecutors had argued that Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins attacked 29-year-old Kevin Pennington last year at a rural state park because of Pennington's sexual orientation a provision of the federal hate-crimes law that had not been previously prosecuted in the U.S.
Date: Oct 25, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Feds pledge to pursue hate crime allegations after acquittals of 2 eastern Ky. men
Testimony in the case portrayed the Jenkins cousins as hostile to gays, with the victim, 29-year-old Kevin Pennington, and two others describing how the men shouted obscenities and anti-gay slurs during the attack on a mountain road in Kingdom Come State Park in the Appalachian region of Kentucky.
Date: Oct 25, 2012
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Feds will pursue hate crimes despite Ky. acquittal
A federal jury in London, Ky., on Wednesday found Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin, David Jason Jenkins, not guilty of charges that they beat 29-year-old Kevin Pennington in April 2011. Both men were convicted of kidnapping in the case.
Date: Oct 25, 2012
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Men found guilty in kidnapping of gay man, but acquitted of hate crime
The jury verdict on Wednesday in Harlan County against David Jason Jenkins, 37, and Anthony Ray Jenkins, 20, stemmed from an April 2011 kidnapping of Kevin Pennington, 29, who managed to escape, according an indictment.
But jurors found both Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins guilty on the charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to a kidnapping in connection with the assault on 29-year-old Kevin Pennington last year at a rural state park.
U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove ruled Wednesday evening that the jurors could see the written transcript of 29-year-old Kevin Pennington reading from the statement during the trial. The written statement that Pennington gave the ranger was never entered into evidence.
extended universe ran rampant. Kevin Pennington was one young actor signed on for a three-picture deal, and while that contract bore little fruit, the presumed size of the role and Penningtons description of his character as maskless had many predicting the imminent announcement of Quasar.
Date: Oct 15, 2012
Category: Entertainment
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Two Kentucky men plead not guilty in alleged gay hate crime beating
David Jason Jenkins, 37, and Anthony Ray Jenkins, 20, were indicted late Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping and beating Kevin Pennington. The defendants, who are cousins, also are charged with conspiracy.