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   From: theprof@jonez.net   
      
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   >> WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2006  -  Former Army Specialist Justin Fisher, who was   
   >> convicted of conspiracy in the murder of Private First Class Barry Winchell   
   >> at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been released from prison after serving seven   
   >> years of an original 12 and one half-year sentence.   
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   >> PFC Winchell was attacked by Calvin Glover, a former soldier based at Fort   
   >> Campbell, in July 1999, in what was later revealed as an anti-gay hate   
   crime.   
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   >> An investigation by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) found that   
   >> Winchell had been the target of constant anti-gay harassment in the months   
   >> leading up to his murder. In response to the Winchell case, Pentagon leaders   
   >> adopted a 13-point "Anti- Harassment Action Plan," meant to protect troops   
   >> from such harassment. There is no evidence, however, that the plan has ever   
   >> been implemented.   
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   >> "Seven years after the murder of PFC Winchell, the military has done little   
   >> to protect its troops from another Justin Fisher," said C. Dixon Osburn,   
   >> executive director of SLDN.   
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   >> "By the Pentagon's own admission, anti-gay harassment is rampant throughout   
   >> the forces, yet Pentagon leaders have barely lifted a finger to curb attacks   
   >> on its own troops," Mr. Osburn continued   
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