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Title: Breaking: 2nd Degree Murder Verdicts Upheld In Murder Of Gwen Araujo
Post by: Shana A on May 13, 2009, 10:07:52 PM
Post by: Shana A on May 13, 2009, 10:07:52 PM
Breaking: 2nd Degree Murder Verdicts Upheld In Murder Of Gwen Araujo
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed May 13, 2009 at 20:11:39 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/10964/breaking-2nd-degree-murder-verdicts-upheld-in-murder-of-gwen-araujo (http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/10964/breaking-2nd-degree-murder-verdicts-upheld-in-murder-of-gwen-araujo)
From the San Francisco Chronicle's Verdicts upheld in murder of transgender teen:
A state appeals court upheld the murder convictions of two East Bay men today for their roles in battering and strangling a transgender teenager after learning she was biologically male.
The killing of 17-year-old Gwen Araujo of Newark in 2002 drew national attention to incidents of violence against transgender people, which often include defense claims that the victim provoked the attack by having sex under false pretenses.
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed May 13, 2009 at 20:11:39 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/10964/breaking-2nd-degree-murder-verdicts-upheld-in-murder-of-gwen-araujo (http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/10964/breaking-2nd-degree-murder-verdicts-upheld-in-murder-of-gwen-araujo)
From the San Francisco Chronicle's Verdicts upheld in murder of transgender teen:
A state appeals court upheld the murder convictions of two East Bay men today for their roles in battering and strangling a transgender teenager after learning she was biologically male.
The killing of 17-year-old Gwen Araujo of Newark in 2002 drew national attention to incidents of violence against transgender people, which often include defense claims that the victim provoked the attack by having sex under false pretenses.
Title: Re: Breaking: 2nd Degree Murder Verdicts Upheld In Murder Of Gwen Araujo
Post by: Julie Marie on May 13, 2009, 10:26:43 PM
Post by: Julie Marie on May 13, 2009, 10:26:43 PM
When you think that the defendant's attorney wanted to place partial blame for this brutal killing on Gwen because she was trans, it sends chills up my spine. How anyone can blame the victim is beyond comprehension.
If it was a robbery case would you expect the defendant's attorney to say "Your honor, if the victim hadn't been so rich my client would have never felt compelled to rob them"? I don't think so.
But when it comes to crimes of passion there are people out there who are capable of getting wrapped up in their own emotions (prejudices) and can actually justify committing a crime.
And they say we don't need hate crime legislation?
Julie
If it was a robbery case would you expect the defendant's attorney to say "Your honor, if the victim hadn't been so rich my client would have never felt compelled to rob them"? I don't think so.
But when it comes to crimes of passion there are people out there who are capable of getting wrapped up in their own emotions (prejudices) and can actually justify committing a crime.
And they say we don't need hate crime legislation?
Julie