Did a jury sentence a man to death because he’s gay?

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The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear the appeal of Charles Rhines, who was sentenced to death in 1993 after fatally stabbing a man in South Dakota.(Image: Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

It was 1993, and a South Dakota jury was debating whether to sentence a gay man to death. Life in prison, one juror said, would be no punishment at all. Allowing the defendant, Charles Rhines, to spend his days surrounded by…