What do you think about this gay man, who was jailed for acting out in self defense due to a homophobic attack?

For an incident that occurred in 2012, Luke O’Donovan was charged with attempted murder and five counts of felony aggravated assault. O’Donovan had reportedly been attacked by at least five men, who shouted anti-gay slurs at him after seeing him dance with several men at a New Year’s Eve party. O’Donovan self defended himself with a pocket knife.

Why would this man not win his case on the claim of “self defence” after being attacked for being gay? The worst thing of all his attackers are going totally free. This is totally unjustified. They should be in prison, not him.

An updated version of this article is available on Huffington Post