COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for killing a transgender woman in South Carolina in what ... the punishment against Daqua Ritter Thursday afternoon ...

The man, Daqua Lameek Ritter, was the first person in the country to be convicted of a federal hate crime based on gender identity. By Alexandra E. Petri A South Carolina man who was the first ...

The first person to be convicted in federal court of murdering someone because of their gender identity has been sentenced to life in prison by a South Carolina federal judge. Daqua Ritter ...

U.S. District Judge Sherri A. Lydon sentenced Daqua Lameek Ritter in federal court in Columbia. Ritter was the first person in the nation convicted of killing someone based on their gender identity.

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman. In February, a jury convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter for the 2019 killing of Dime Doe on all ...

The first person to be convicted in federal court of murdering someone because of their gender identity has been sentenced to life in prison by a South Carolina federal judge. Daqua Ritter, whose ...

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman. A jury convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter, whom police say shot Dime Doe in August 2019 ...