A Bristol man's first-degree murder conviction and death sentence from a 1987 killing of a gay man was upheld on Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court after several appeals through state and federal courts.

The case marked the first instance in national history where capital punishment was secured for a murder motivated by anti-gay bias. But 62-year-old Richard R. Laird, who is incarcerated in a state prison near Pittsburgh, will not face execution any time soon since Pennsylvania has had a moratorium on executions since 2015. MORE: Philadelphia's only rape crisis center announces layoffs, service cuts amid state budget impasse

In a Bristol Township bar in December 1987, Laird and his co-conspirator Frank Chester hurled anti-gay slurs at artist Anthony Milano, a 26-year-old gay man, be

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