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Argentina marks first hate crime conviction involving trans woman
BUENOS AIRES, June 19, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A court in Argentina sentenced a
man Monday to life imprisonment for killing a transsexual leader, the first
hate crime conviction for targeting a trans woman.
The court in Buenos Aires sentenced Gabriel David Marino, 25, to life
imprisonment as co-author of “aggravated homicide due to gender violence and
hatred of gender identity,” according to the ruling broadcast live by the
Judicial Information Center.
The defendant, who allegedly stabbed the victim 13 times, sat stone-faced
as he listened to the sentence being read.
The stabbing attack occurred in October 2015 and resulted in the death of
Amnacay Diana Sacayan, 40.
For the prosecution and the plaintiff, it was a “historic sentence” since
the judicial branch recognized that the murder of Sacayan “was a crime of
hatred and prejudice” stemming from her gender identity, they said in a
statement.
Trans activist Lara Bernasconi said that “this conviction broke the legal
rule book.”
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