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New York becomes the sixth state to bar gay & transgender ‘panic’ defenses for murder
The admission of a hate crime should never be an excuse for it.
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Man who beat transgender woman to death pleads guilty
“I just didn’t want to be fooled,” he says in his defense.
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NYC transgender killing suspect says he ‘didn’t want to be fooled’
James Dixon is charged with manslaughter and assault in the Aug. 17, 2013 death of 21-year-old Islan Nettles.
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New York man charged in 2013 death of transgender woman
James Dixon was arraigned Tuesday on manslaughter and assault charges in connection with the 2013 fatal beating of Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old transgender woman in Manhattan.
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One year later, family, friends seek justice for transgender woman’s murder
NEW YORK — One year since the murder Islan Nettles, a group of advocates and supporters gathered at the site where the transgender woman was beaten to death in a bid to keep the case in the public eye.
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Suspect in fatal attack on transgender woman released
NEW YORK — Prosecutors in New York on Tuesday dismissed a misdemeanor assault charge against a Harlem man who had been arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a transgendered woman in Harlem.
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Transgender woman dies after brutal assault in Harlem
NEW YORK — Hate crimes task force detectives were investigating Friday the death of a transgender woman who was assaulted last week on a New York City street and later died.