License to Kill: "Trans-panic" defense continues
Defense pays "expert" to justify slow, brutal torture and murder as "understandable"
Meanwhile, Araujo's mother petititions for post-humous name change for her daughter

Why do some people find it easier to sympathize with young straight men who slowly and brutally beat, strangled and murdered a 17-year-old girl than to sympathize with the girl herself? I'm sorry, I'm about to throw up in a fit of rage and frustration. I can't even bear to quote this so-called "expert", so you'll have to go read the article ("Expert backs 'panic' defense: Sex with transgender teen might prompt partners to 'flip out'") for yourself. Here's the part I don't mind quoting:

"Defenses like this really allow defendants to have a license to kill people that they perceive to be transgender," said Tina D'Elia, hate crimes project manager at Community United Against Violence, a San Francisco organization that works to end violence against gays, lesbians and transgender individuals.

"There is bigotry within that type of defense," D'Elia said. "It is making a statement that if a transgender person wants to sleep with you or touch you, you have the right to react with violence, gratuitous violence."

Meanwhile:

Also today, Araujo's mother -- Sylvia Guerrero -- is expected to appear in a Fremont courthouse to petition the California Superior Court to legally change Araujo's name from Edward Araujo Jr. to Gwen Amber Rose Araujo

(See previous posts and responses to the cartoon "Shallow Grave": part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8 and part 9)