2 Men Plead Guilty to Hate Crime Against Trans Woman Hours Before Her Murder
The men harassed and shot Alexa Neulisa Luciano with paintballs; she was found shot dead the following day.
September 27, 2023
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The men harassed and shot Alexa Neulisa Luciano with paintballs; she was found shot dead the following day.
DOJ Pride, representing LGBTQ employees at the department, cited many complaints in a letter to Attorney General William Barr.
The Department of Justice, headed by William Barr, supports a state law barring trans females from girls' and women's school sports teams.
The law is the subject of a separate lawsuit from sex workers living with HIV.
Despite federal help in her health discrimination claim, Diamond has continued to face sexual abuse while imprisoned, including at least seven alleged rapes.
The Biden administration had previously supported the incarcerated woman, identified only as Jane Doe in the case.
Trump's Justice Department says the Archdiocese of Indianapolis was within its constitutional rights to order a gay teacher's termination.
It's "hypocritical" for Barr to celebrate the hate-crimes law named for their son while supporting discrimination, Judy and Dennis Shepard said.
The state's abysmal treatment of incarcerated trans people was the subject of a scathing Department of Justice report last year that was withdrawn last month by the Trump administration.
The department filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against the ban and asks a court to keep it from going into effect.
Rep. Bill Flores called the administration's support of trans students “blatant executive overreach.”
Alina Habba, the former personal attorney for Donald Trump, brought federal criminal charges against New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver.
The brief signals that the department, now led by Jeff Sessions, could be changing its stance on the trans-affirming education guidelines issued by the Obama administration.
The DOJ filed a statement of interest in Ashley Diamond's case against the Georgia prison system, which she says failed to protect her from sexual assault and denied her health care.
The state's Attorney General Derek Brown credits President Donald Trump for the decision and a new attitude from the federal prosecutors.
The Utah corrections department strongly disagreed with the finding, saying it was “blindsided” by the timing and had been working to resolve identified issues.
The Department of Justice has intervened on Georgia trans woman Ashley Diamond's behalf, declaring state prison's continued denial of her hormone therapy a violation of her Eighth Amendment rights.