Murder of Stephen Lawrence

1993 killing in London

Stephen Lawrence was a black British 18-year-old from Plumstead, southeast London, who was murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall Road, Eltham, on the evening of 22ย April 1993. The case became a cause cรฉlรจbre: its fallout included changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice. It also led to the partial revocation of the rule against double jeopardy. Two of the perpetrators were convicted of murder on 3ย January 2012.

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