[7] It was one of only two murders in which the victim's sexual orientation was part of the motive reported in Alabama in the period from February 1999 – when Billy Jack Gaither was kidnapped, beaten to death, and then the body set on fire – and July 22, 2004.

[7] Whetstone commented on the brutality involved, stating that he believed the murder was premeditated and pointing out that Weaver did not die immediately and that his three assailants had time to stop.

[3] Circuit Court Judge J. Langford Floyd ruled at a hearing in 2005 that the three would be tried as adults; Alabama law at the time stated that anyone under the age of 21 on trial for a crime could ask to be considered a "youthful offender".

[10] In March 2006, Floyd ruled in favor of Assistant District Attorney Jim Vollmer's request for separate trials for the defendants.

[4] In October 2004, the Westboro Baptist Church held an anti-gay "celebration" of Weaver's murder, as well as that of Roderick George, a gay man from Montgomery, Alabama.