‘But the jury will not hear the confession, because Judge Marcelo Kopcow ruled it inadmissable.’
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One question: Why?”

A taped confession, if he knew he was being taped, at least, which I dare say he did, is absolutely admissible as evidence in a trial.

That being said, the only reason I can think of why the judge would have ruled it inadmissible barring the tape being made without the suspect’s knowledge (even though his taped phone conversation was allowed despite the fact they admit he didn’t know it, so apparently that’s not a law in Colorado), is that the judge doesn’t want an easy conviction, because he is on the suspect’s side when it comes to hating gays and/or transgenders.

He can’t just come right out and dismiss the case because the victim was transgendered, but he can at least try to suppress certain evidence that would make the suspect’s conviction a sure thing. As it is, without being able to hear a taped confession, there’s a chance he won’t be convicted, and I dare say that’s what the judge is hoping for.

Yes it says all “Men” were created equal. It does not say all “Persons” were created equal. And therein lies the great Misogynist and Homophobic nature of the average idiotic American. Our founders should have written all “Persons are created equal”.

Don’t tell me he didn’t know. She went down on him and it didn’t seem strange that she wouldn’t let him touch her? Please–heard the same story too many times on Jerry Springer.

FYI, I first heard about this last Friday. I was driving back from my ex’s place, it was a fairly long drive (25 miles) on the freeway, and the story was being discussed by the crew of an afternoon-drive show (on WMMS–might be on their website, haven’t looked). One of the guys in the studio was saying it shouldn’t be considered more than manslaughter, because Andrade was “tricked” and “he wasn’t lookin’ to be with a dude, that’s like rape.”