Trans Panic : The License to Kill
by: ZoeB
Sun Aug 24, 2008 at 21:46:00 PM EDT
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Voluntary manslaughter describes cases where the defendant may have an intent to cause death or serious injury, but the potential liability for the person is mitigated by the circumstances and/or state of mind. The most common example is the so-called passion, or heat of the moment killing, such as where the defendant is provoked into a loss of control, by, for instance, unexpectedly finding his or her spouse in the arms of another lover, or witnessing an attack against his or her child.
Comment on Questioning Transphobia.
From recent court cases, it appears that if the victim is transsexual, no matter what the other circumstances, that is enough to raise adequate doubt to preclude a murder conviction.
Being Transsexual is provocative enough to justify killing the victim - "Voluntary Manslaughter"
