Allen Ray Andrade, the man who murdered Angie Zapata , was just minutes ago convicted on the two main charges of first degree murder and bias-motivated crime (hate crime). He was also convicted of the significantly lesser charges of vehicle theft and identity theft.
As far as I’m aware as of writing, those are the highest convictions on all charges against him. And for his heinous crime, at 4:00PM MDT, Andrade will be sentenced to mandatory life without parole.
The two had met on a social networking site and spent a few days together before Andrade realized Angie was biologically male. After this discovery Andrade became enraged and began punching Angie in the face. He then took a fire extinguisher and struck he in the end twice. Although Andrade admitted to killing Zapata, his defense team argued he wasn’t in his right mind and acted on pure instinct.
This is the first time a person has ever been convicted of a hate crime against a transgender person and many are calling it a landmark case. Supporters of the transgender community have been active in publicizing this case and bringing awareness to equal rights for transgender people.
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