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Anti-trans murderer makes history as first convicted under federal hate crime law
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The first person convicted for killing a trans person.
The law has been used to convict other people for violence against gay men.
The first person convicted of killing a transgender person under a hate crime law, mind.
There have been plenty of examples of people prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned under ordinary murder laws for the same actions. It's not like it was legal to commit murder before this if your victim was transgender.
True— but, also, under federal hate crime law (The Shepherd-Byrd Act). Local hate crime laws, such as those in New York, have been responsible for the conviction of those who killed trans persons.