I Can Just Hear His Defense Now…

…Citing the trans panic defense. When I found out she was trans I lost my mind and stabbed her 119 times.

Deputy: Transgender woman allegedly killed by sailor was stabbed 119 times
Stars & Strips
By Associated Press
Published: September 13, 2016

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A Navy seaman in training accused of stabbing a transgender woman to death appeared before a Jackson County judge Monday for a preliminary hearing.

Sheriff's Deputy Leo Allen revealed details about what investigators found in a St. Martin hotel room on July 23. Autopsy results show 25-year-old Dee Whigham was stabbed 119 times, he said. Allen said many of the wounds were to Whigham's face, and her throat was slashed three times.

WLOX-TV reports Allen said surveillance video shows 20-year-old Dwanya Hickerson and Whigham walking into a Best Western hotel room together around 8:30 p.m. He said Hickerson was seen leaving the room alone about 23 minutes later, his shirt around his neck.

I don’t know if he is going to use this defense but it has been used in past cases like this, Angie Zapata murderer used it and so did Gwen Araujo killers used it in California. All it takes is one juror to feel sympathy for the killer like they did in Ms. Araujo trial the defendant’s lawyer “…had repeatedly argued that the defendants felt “deceived” by Araujo—and that this deception is what fueled the passion that ended in Araujo’s death…” whether this lead to the hung jury we don’t know. But it may have and that is why it should be banned, can you imagine someone using “I killed her because I found out she was black.” that would not be allowed because it is racist but somehow it is okay to be transphobic or homophobic.

“Gay/Trans Panic” defense should be banned!