. He becomes just the second person in the U.S. convicted of a hate crime that involved the death of a transgender victim

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Please note they referred to the transgender as he. Man Found Guilty in New York Trangender Hate Killing Tagged with: Hate Crime    Lateisha Green    Manslaughter    Murder    Onondaga County New York    Transgender A jury in Syracuse, NY today convicted Dwight DeLee of manslaughter as a hate crime for the killing of Lateisha Green, a transgender woman shot outside a house party last winter. DeLee was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Green outside a party in November because of anti-gay bias. He becomes just the second person in the U.S. convicted of a hate crime that involved the death of a transgender victim. The Onondaga County Court jury delivered its verdict after deliberating for about six hours over two days. DeLee also faces additional prison time because he was convicted of a hate crime. DeLee was initially charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime, however Judge William Walsh told the jury that it could also consider convicting DeLee of manslaughter as a hate crime, as well as murder or manslaughter without the hate crime element. Green, who was born Moses Cannon, began living as a woman at age 16, and frequently dressed in women’s clothing but was wearing jeans and a T-shirt the night she was killed. During three days of testimony, DeLee’s attorney, Clarence Johnson, had tried to refute prosecution assertions that his client hated homosexuals and tried to show that prosecutors had presented no evidence showing DeLee had a history of anti-gay bias before the shooting. But several witnesses said they heard DeLee call Green a “faggot” just before Green was shot with a .22-caliber rifle while sitting in a parked car outside the party. P/B The first step of any journey is the hardest, the last the most fulfilling, yes, you can stop and smell the flowers on the way. May your God walk with you. When its Time, its Time.