   stephen lawrence (13 september 1974 â 22 april 1993) was a black british man from eltham, south east london, who was murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus on the evening of 22 april 1993. the case became a cause cÃ©lÃ¨bre and one of the highest profile racial killings in uk history; its fallout included profound cultural changes to attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice, and the partial revocation of double jeopardy laws, before two of the perpetrators were convicted almost 20 years later in 2012."stephen lawrence murder: a timeline of how the story unfolded". bbc, 6 march 2014. retrieved 4 may 2014. after the initial investigation, five suspects were arrested but not convicted. it was suggested during the course of that investigation that the murder was racially motivated and that lawrence was killed because he was black, and that the handl
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