On CNN's main page, there is a link where CNN is streaming the murder trial.  Right now, they are taking a 10 minute break, but the stream should continue.

thanks!

I watched, and found myself getting more and more annoyed with the defence's tactic of refusing to refer to her as a female and as Angela. It came off, to me, as in poor taste.

I would use a different term than "poor taste" but I don't want to get an 'X' rating.  Miss Kitty would fuss at me.

Angela's sister and the defense were clashing about the defense using those terms.

*nod* I quite liked how her sister corrected the defence on her name a couple times and made a point of talking about her using "she" and "angie"...

If you have high speed internet access, CNN has been streaming the trial.

I can't find the link, and I've checked out CNN's home page, are they not in session today?

From the recent posts it seems they are.

Thanks for any help, perhaps a link might be prudent and within the TOS?

Poor taste is at the heart of the American legal system.  Its a system based on an adversarial situation and it can't be helped. 

Quote from: Linda on April 18, 2009, 01:21:25 PM
I can't find the link, and I've checked out CNN's home page, are they not in session today?

From the recent posts it seems they are.

Thanks for any help, perhaps a link might be prudent and within the TOS?

I don't think the trial is in session today. 

They're in recess until monday morning.

Less than 2 hours of deliberation:
Guilty - 1st degree murder
Guilty - Bias Motivated (Hate) Crime
Guilty - Aggravated Auto Theft
Guilty - Identity Theft

Wow.  I know nothing will bring Angela back to the people who loved her, or make up for such a young life being taken away so violently.  But at least this one murderer is off the streets, and this verdict can't help but send a signal to the world that the lives of trans people matter too.

YES!
I am so glad this idiot is going down.
Under 2 hours? Good luck on appeals, do not pass go, go directly to jail. Lets just hope he gets a harsh sentence, with that kind of verdict he should.

It's currently the main story on CNN as well.

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WOW!
CNN just updated it and it tells his sentence...

Judge Marcelo Kopcow then imposed the mandatory sentence for the first-degree murder conviction -- life in prison without parole.

My girl and I watched the closing arguments today. We missed the sentencning for the charge of murder1. My gf is trying to understand my issues with tg. My only surviving parent is concerned something like this might happen to me. The legal rams are, at least, a minor comfort. Remember, practical law is cat and mouse. The winners in such cases are, well,,,.

As said in many threads elsewhere,  We all need to be aware, prepared, and able to defend ourselves in the case of such a threat to well being and safety.

There but for the grace of,,,,,,


Blessed Be Angie

If you think that putting one person in jail for murder is going to somehow reduce rates of murder, you haven't seen our crime statistics of late.

Its over, we have another grain of sand to help hold back a massive tidal wave that threatens us daily, but only one grain.  Still, it is more than we had before.