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The Associated Press

Man guilty of killing transgender woman in hate crime trial over gender identity

In combo of undated selfie images provided courtesy of the Dime Doe family, show Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman. (Courtesy Dime Doe Family via AP)

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation's first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity.

After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe in 2019. Ritter was also found guilty of using a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting and obstructing justice.

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