Talk:Matthew Shepard

message: , please re-read the source you are using and have a look at the article again. The source you are using states: Even Cal Rerucha, the prosecutor who had pushed for the death sentence for McKinney and Henderson, would later concede on ABC’s 20/20 that “it was a murder that was driven by drugs.” The Rerucha quote you keep readding relates to the 2004 20/20 story, not the 2013 Book of Matt. 
In the previous version of the article, the quote you added duplicated, out-of-sequence, the description of the 20/20 story. I have since separated out the 20/20 story and The Book of Matt into different subsections, as their content was quite different and they were separated by 9 years in time. In the current version of the article, the quote you have re-added duplicates, out-of-sequence, this sentence from the 20/20 section: Rerucha said, "It was a murder that was once again driven by drugs.", cited to the original ABC story from 2004.--Trystan (talk) 12:55, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me that this article requires some significant edits... I knew nothing about this case a couple of hours ago, but after some research... I mean, the description of his early life and the murder do not include significant aspects that would benefit from being included.  I feel they probably have not been included for "reasons", but that isn't important... what's important is accuracy and a fair representation of what actually happened.  Mercster (talk) 11:59, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate Rerucha Quote 

message: I'm not that well versed on Wikipedia's guidelines, but shouldn't this page be renamed to "Murder of Matthew Shepard," since that's what it's mostly about? Section titles like "Arrests and trial" don't really make sense if the page title is just his name. TheThingy Talk 18:11, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Did you review the other move request on this page? DonIago (talk) 18:14, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

text: I think that it's an edge case and so best left as is. North8000 (talk) 18:21, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename to "Murder of Matthew Shepard" 

message: Early in the article is this confusing sentence:
"Both McKinney and Henderson were convicted of the murder, and each of them received two consecutive life sentences." 
Later, referring only to McKinney, it twice states that he received "...two consecutive life sentences."
Since there was only a single murder, how would each defendant be sentenced to "two [my emphasis] consecutive life sentences"?  Espaqu (talk) 01:24, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a link to the back-to-back life sentences article, though it doesn't fully answer your question (which extends beyond the subject of Shepard). Clearly, multiple sentences are possible for single murders in the court's jurisdiction, even if it is unusual. Possibly related, in Henderson's case (tried first), the judge reportedly commented that the court did not believe Henderson truly felt remorse. —ADavidB 04:19, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "...two consecutive life sentences." ? 

message: He was killed by people who he had sexual relations with in the past. Matthew used and sold meth, and its factually inaccurate to say he was killed for being gay. 2600:1005:B08D:F75F:F939:8239:4022:427F (talk) 22:42, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You're going to need sources for those claims. DonIago (talk) 16:25, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mathew Sheppard