Landmark transwoman’s murder trial set to begin

365 Gay News  Apr 13 09

(Greeley, Colorado) Jury selection will begin Tuesday in the trial of a 31-year-old man accused of killing Angie Zapata, a 20-year-old transwoman. Allen Ray Andrade is charged with murder as a hate crime - the first time the state's hate crime law has been applied in a case involving a transgendered ... Full story...

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