Delaware bill would ban 'gay panic' defense - Philadelphia Gay News
With Delaware House Substitutive Bill 1, Delaware may soon become the 16th state to ban the LGBTQ+ panic defense.
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With Delaware House Substitutive Bill 1, Delaware may soon become the 16th state to ban the LGBTQ+ panic defense.
There are convictions in only a small percentage of cases, and there has been only one hate-crime conviction in a trans person's death over the past five years, Insider found.
Insider found only 28 murder convictions over five years of transgender homicides. Judges and juries sometimes easily accepted claims of self-defense.