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Murder, the Media, and the Politics of Public Feelings: Remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. by Assistant Professor Jennifer Petersen Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-253-22339-3 / 0253223393 ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22339-5 / 9780253223395 In 1998, the horrific murders of Matthew Shepard -- a gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming -- and James Byrd Jr. -- an African American man dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas -- provoked a passionate public outrage. The intense media coverage of th |