Tag: Lateisha Green
New York High Court Allows Retrial on Hate Crime Charge in Killing of Transgender Woman Lateisha Green
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today renewed its call for justice in the case of a slain transgender woman after the New York State Court of Appeals overturned the hate crime conviction of the man accused of killing her but allowed the state to retry him on the disputed hate crime charge. DeLee was originally convicted of manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime for the 2008 killing of Syracuse resident Lateisha “Teish” Green, a 22-year-old African American transgender woman.
GLAAD statement on guilty verdict in the killing of Lateisha Green
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today responded to the verdict in the trial involving the killing of Lateisha (Teish) Green. Green, a 22-year-old African American transgender woman, was shot and killed on November 14, 2008 in Syracuse, N.Y. Friday a jury found 20-year old Dwight Delee guilty of manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime.