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A Black transgender woman and the guy she was secretly dating had just been pulled over in rural South Carolina. Dime Doe, the driver, was worried. She already had points against her license and didn't want another ticket to stop her from getting behind the wheel. Daqua Lameek Ritter, whom she affectionately called "my man," frequently relied on her for rides.
Everything seemed to turn out OK: Doe sent a text message to her mother that afternoon saying she got a $72 ticket but was "alright."
Hours later, police found her slumped over in the driver's seat of her car, parked in a driveway off a secluded road. Her death on Aug. 4, 2019, is now the subject of the nation's first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity, which started Tuesday *more @link
abc7chicago.com
A South Carolina jury found a man guilty of murdering a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal hate crime trial for a gender identity-based murder.
The case involves the killing of 24-year-old Dime Doe, who was described by friends as “the life the party.” The Justice Department accused Daqua Ritter of shooting Doe three times in the head along a rural road in August 2019.
Prosecutors argued that Ritter killed Doe in a fit of rage to stop word of their intimate relationship from spreading in the small community of Allendale, WIS reports.
After a little less than four hours of deliberation Friday, jurors rendered guilty verdicts against Ritter on three counts, which included the use of a firearm in connection with the shooting and obstructing justice.
Ritter faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. More @link
www.cleveland19.com
Everything seemed to turn out OK: Doe sent a text message to her mother that afternoon saying she got a $72 ticket but was "alright."
Hours later, police found her slumped over in the driver's seat of her car, parked in a driveway off a secluded road. Her death on Aug. 4, 2019, is now the subject of the nation's first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity, which started Tuesday *more @link
A love affair unraveled before a Black transgender woman was fatally shot in rural South Carolina
The secretive relationship between a South Carolina man and a Black transgender woman has been the focus of the nation's first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity.
A South Carolina jury found a man guilty of murdering a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal hate crime trial for a gender identity-based murder.
The case involves the killing of 24-year-old Dime Doe, who was described by friends as “the life the party.” The Justice Department accused Daqua Ritter of shooting Doe three times in the head along a rural road in August 2019.
Prosecutors argued that Ritter killed Doe in a fit of rage to stop word of their intimate relationship from spreading in the small community of Allendale, WIS reports.
After a little less than four hours of deliberation Friday, jurors rendered guilty verdicts against Ritter on three counts, which included the use of a firearm in connection with the shooting and obstructing justice.
Ritter faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. More @link
Man found guilty of transgender woman’s murder in landmark federal hate crime trial
Prosecutors argued that the defendant killed a transgender woman in a fit of rage to stop word of their intimate relationship from spreading.