The verdict:The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today hailed the verdict in the court trial of Lateisha Green, a 22-year-old African American transgender women who was shot and killed on November 14, 2008 in Syracuse, NY. A 12-member jury found 20-year-old Dwight DeLee guilty of manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.
"Today, justice has been delivered for Lateisha Green with DeLee's conviction for committing a hateful act of violen
Published on July 18, 2009 21:23