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Prosecutors say the suspect shot the victim, Allendale resident Dime Doe, three times because he feared of being exposed for having a homosexual relationship.
The federal hate crime and murder trial over the killing of Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman, is underway in U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina.