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Extra time for transwoman’s killer

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:25:00 +0000

(Denver, Colorado) A man already serving a life sentence for the murder of transsexual teen 18-year-old Angie Zapata has been handed an extra 60 years to his sentence.

Allen Ray Andrade was(...)

Neff: Why we need hate crime laws

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:07:30 +0000

I crawled out last week from Wonderland — where the gaggle was going gaga over Miss California’s perfectly pageant-like answer to an underhanded question about same-sex marriage — to find(...)

Angie Zapata verdict announced

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:18:23 +0000

(Greeley, Colo.) A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a(...)

Trial hears ‘gay things must die’ tape

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:49:46 +0000

(Greeley, Colorado) The jury in the trial of a man accused of beating to death an 18-year-old transgendered woman listened in shock Tuesday to taped telephone conversations of calls he made(...)

Landmark transwoman’s murder trial set to begin

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:22:38 +0000

(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(...)