Throw The Book At Him

I think they should go for the max, they gave him a chance but he refused to take it.

James Dixon, accused of fatally beating transgender woman, rejects plea deal and will stand trial — but has already confessed several times, prosecutors say
New York Daily News
By Shayna Jacobs
March 17, 2016

The man accused of fatally beating a transgender woman in Harlem balked at a plea deal Thursday and is now set to try his luck before a jury.

Judge Robert Stolz offered James Dixon 12 years behind bars in exchange for pleading guilty in the chilling Aug. 17, 2013 attack on Islan Nettles.

Dixon, 25, faces a range of 5 to 25 years behind bars if convicted at trial in the manslaughter case.

And he has already told people that he murdered her,

"There will be confessions the defendant made to four different civilians before turning himself in and a written confession he made to a detective after he turned himself in," Viorst said.

"There will be a lengthy, detailed, videotaped confession he made to me after that."

You watch, I bet he is going to use the “Trans Panic” defense, “She made a pass at me and I went berserk!”

And I don’t know why this isn’t a hate crime, the DA said,

The ADA said that while the killing was not charged as a hate crime, the incident would not have occurred had the victim not been a transgender person.

There's "clear overlay of animus toward the transgender status of the victim," Viorst argued.

So tell us mister DA why this is not a hate crime?

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I am up at the True Colors conference at UConn in Storrs CT all day attending workshops and I am also giving a workshop on trans history.