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Taylor Odisho

Man Convicted in Anti-Trans Murder Is On the Run After Being Released on Bond by Republican-Appointed Judge Despite Objections

Georgia police are searching for a man convicted of murder after he failed to appear in court while out on bail. (Credit: YouTube/Fox 5 Atlanta)

A Georgia man convicted of murdering a transgender woman was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole on Wednesday but was not in court to learn his fate because he jumped bail.

Last month, Judge Nora Polk, who was appointed to her current position by Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022, found Davonte Fore, 26, and Jaquan Brooks, 25, guilty of shooting and killing Skyler Gilmore in her Stone Mountain apartment in June 2021, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.

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