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Jury begins deliberating in NY hate crime trial

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:24:56 +0000

(Syracuse, NY)A jury is deliberating at the trial of a 20-year-old upstate New York man charged with the hate crime slaying of a transgendered woman.

Prosecutors say Dwight DeLee fatally shot(...)

Judge: Witnesses in hate crime trial threatened

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:01 +0000

(Syracuse, NY) Three people who were at a New York house party when a transgendered woman was murdered testified Wednesday that the Syracuse man accused of the crime directed an anti-gay slur at(...)

Syracuse murder victim now identified as transgendered

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:10:19 +0000

(Syracuse, New York) The weekend victim of a brazen murder in Syracuse, N.Y., was transgendered, family and friends now tell area media outlets.

Police originally had identified the victim as(...)

Gay man murdered sitting in car

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:20:40 +0000

(Syracuse, New York) A 20-year-old man is charged with the unprovoked murder of a Syracuse man in what police say was a hate crime.

Moses Cannon, 20, was sitting in a car with his brother Mark,(...)