New York lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday outlawing the use of so-called gay and trans panic defenses.
Cuomo has supported other LGBTQ legislation, including a conversion therapy ban and the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act , which adds gender identity to state discrimination and hate-crime laws — both of which passed earlier this year.
A 2016 study from the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, found thathave been employed in approximately half of all states since the 1960s. A friend of slain transgender woman Islan Nettles hugs another mourner before a vigil for her at Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem on Aug. 27, 2013.One of the most well-known cases invoking the trans panic defense in New York was the trial in the murder of Islan Nettles, who was beaten to death in Harlem in 2013 after James Dixon discovered she was a transgender woman. At the 2016 trial, Dixon attempted to justify his violence by arguing Nettles provoked him.
“In banning the gay and trans panic defense, New York is sending a message to prosecutors, to defense attorneys, juries and judges that a victim’s LGBTQ identity can’t be weaponized,” Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Democrat who wrote the state Senate version of the bill, said in an emailed statement.
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