Ex-cellmate: ‘Nissen pulled trigger on Brandon’

This article reports new information that former cellmate of Marvin Thomas Nissen, Jeff Haley, whose testimony led to the triple-murder conviction of death-row inmate John Lotter, claims Nissen told him he was the trigger man. Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as the target of gruesome anti-LGBT hate crimes. Brandon's death became a major news item, and the language used to describe his identity and depict the violence he suffered by contemporary press coverage ranges from insensitive to outright cruel.

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Identifier: rn3011606
Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Date Issued: Dec. 11, 1999
Dates Covered: 1993
1997
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Jeff Haley
Jerry Soucie
John Lotter
Lincoln Correctional Center
Lisa Lambert
Marvin Nissen
Phillip DeVine
Richardson County District Court
Places: Nebraska > Richardson > City of Humboldt > Humboldt
Topic(s): Homophobia
LGBTQ+ victims of hate crimes
Transphobia
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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