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HWY. 67. 388 0605 A "F.xckah* spa o f the 1995 Street o f Dreams. " tion are not separately prosecutable as hate crimes esbian and gay activists say federal under existing federal law. However, because the investigators must not prematurely deaths occurred on federal property, the United dismiss anti-lesbian bias as a possible States would have jurisdiction to prosecute this motive in the slayings of Julianne matter federally. In addition, sentences in federal Williams, 24, and Lollie Winans, 26, prosecutions may be enhanced if the crime was who were found murdered June 1 along the Ap motivated by the sexual orientation of the victim, palachian Trail in Virginia’s Shenandoah Na pursuant to authority passed under the 1994 Crime tional Park. Control Act.” Media reports say the two were lesbians who Shirley Lesser of Virginians for Justice, a were romantically involved, and maintain that statewide group that advances equal rights and robbery was not a factor in the murders. The women’s throats had been slashed. As of justice, says she appreciates Reno’s assurances. “Virginians for Justice is pleased the Depart press time, there were no named suspects in the ment of Justice listened and responded in a timely killings. fashion to our concerns,” she says. “Though indi The Washington, D.C.-based National Gay vidual investigators assured us that all possible and Lesbian Task Force contacted U.S. Attorney motives are being pursued, we are relieved to General Janet Reno by letter on June 7 over have this officially concerns that in confirm ed by vestigators were [Reno].” not seriously con The A p p ala sid erin g a n ti chian Trail was the lesbian bias as a site of the 1988 possible motive. murder of Rebecca NG LTF says Wight, who had those concerns been hiking on the stem m ed from Pennsylvania por conversations with tion of the trail with Federal Bureau of her partner, Investigation per Claudia Brenner. sonnel working on The two were the case who indi shot by Stephen cated that a n ti Roy Carr, then 28, lesbian bias was who said he was not being seriously disgusted by the considered. couple’s acts of “We do not affection. C arr know if Julie and killed Wight and Lollie were killed seriously injured because they were B renner, and is lesbians. We do serving a sentence know , unfortu-uj of life in prison nately, such a pos- o without parole. sibility is all too* According to real,” said NGLTF | published reports, Executive Director > at least four other Melinda Paras in 2 couples have been her m issive t o i found murdered on Reno. Attorney General Janet Reno federal park land in “We also know Virginia since 1986. it is important that all hate crimes be identified One of those four was a female couple who accurately and honestly by the media and the were found with their throats slit in October 1986 criminal justice system,” she continued. “Silence on property known about such crimes as the C olonial feeds the apathy and “It is important that all hate crimes Parkw ay near ignorance that often be identified accurately and honestly Williamsburg. surrounds them. Si A ccording to lence around hate by the media and the criminal justice The Washington violence and the system, ” says Melinda Paras. “Si Blade, a gay and possibility of such violence also ig lesbian newspaper, lence about such crimes feeds the nores the other vic the area was apathy and ignorance that often tim s o f these known as a “lovers crim es— whole surrounds them. Silence around hate lane” site and was communities who also situated near a violence and the possibility of such live in fear and dan spot known to be ger as a result of in violence also ignores the other victims popular with gay dividual anti-gay at couples. T hree o f these crimes—whole communities other couples, all tacks.” In resp o n se, heterosexual, were who live in fear and danger as a Reno claimed inves found murdered in result o f individual anti-gay attacks. ” sim ilar circu m tigators were “ex haustively consider stances in 1987, 1988 and 1989. ing all evidence.” In a letter to NGLTF, Reno wrote, in part: “As The FBI investigated the murders but never you know, crimes motivated by sexual orienta identified suspects.