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WSYR reports in their piece DeLee sentenced to 25 years in prison for hate crime
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – A Syracuse man was sentenced to 25 year in prison Tuesday, after being found guilty last month of manslaughter in Onondaga County’s first hate crime trial. Dwight DeLee was convicted of fatally shooting…Latiesha Green.The 22-year-old victim was a transgendered person.
The District Attorney’s office said during the trial DeLee intentionally targeted [Green] because of the victim’s sexual orientation…
The Associated Press adds:
The 22-year-old Green was born male, but lived mostly as a female after age 16. She was killed outside a house party in November.DeLee was acquitted of murder. The manslaughter conviction means he intended to injure, not kill, someone when he fired into a car where Green was sitting with her brother and a friend.
Well, the maximum sentence for manslaughter after being convicted of a hate crime homicide. Justice for Teish was served as best it could be today.
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Manslaughter?Seems obvious that when you take a gun in hand and fire it at someone, that’s intentional and should be classified as murder. Ok, if you were throwing a rock, maybe not, but a gun? Gimme a break.
Well, it makes a BIG differenceif the victim was “only” trans, right? I mean, it’s not like he killed a “normal” human being. We need our courts to keep reminding society of that, as well as all the other moral rules society seems to have forgotten, like it’s okay for a straight man to kill a gay man who even smiles at him. God bless America!
How long will he stay in prison?Can we expect to see him released in a few years on parole?
I was wondering the same thing.This is from the New York Post (take that as you will) and doesn’t give information on average sentence length, but does mention the average time in prison for manslaughter in New York.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12152008/news/nationalnews/sodomy_cop_begs_pardon_144266.htm
ExactlyBut I guess look on the bright side, at least killings of transpeople are actually prosecuted these days.
On top of thatthey’re getting convictions with hate crimes enhancements. It’s a big step up from where things used to be.