jeopardized and you will see people who sides with his killers. that s why she sponsored a bill to do away with the controversial legal strategy that was permitted in her states, the gay and trans panic defense justifies crimes against lgbtq victims. a person s presence does not constitute a heat of passion defense that negates malice in an attack. you can t assault or kill someone just because you feel like it that passed in virginia. trans panic laws are still in the books. roem did not transition until she was an adult. i was a point where i did not go into my 30s living a lie. i pretended to be someone else
pe person s mere presence in existence as an lgbtq person does not constitute a heat of passion defense that negates malice in an attack. in layman s terms, you can t just assault and kill someone waus because you feel like it. still on the books in most states. i was at 28 where i did not want to go into my 30s living a lie. i had pretended to be somebody else my entire life. i had known who i was since i was 10 years old. that s awful. it was hard i was afraid of disappointing my mom. i was afraid of disappointing people more than anything. until college, her biggest passion was her heavy metal band. she became politically active in 2004 when george w. bush campaigned on banning gay marriage and has a plea now
then it makes it harder to come out because you feel that your safety is going to be jeopardized and then you will see people who actually side with, you know, his killers. that s why she sponsored a bill at the behest of a teenage constituent to do away with a controversial legal strategy that was permitted in her state. justified some crimes against lgbtq victims, arguing their sexual orientation or gender identity was to blame for the violent reaction. we re simply saying that a person s mere presence in existence as an lgbtq person does not constitute a heat of passion defense that negates malice in an attack. in layman s terms, you can t just assault and kill someone because you feel like it. that past in virginia, but trans panic are still on the books in most states. i was at 28 where i did not want to go into my 30s living a lie.
the gay and trans panic defense justified some crimes against lgbtq victims, arguing their sexual oryenitation or gender identity was to blame for the violent reaction. we re simply saying a person s mere presence and existence as an lgbtq person does not constitute a heat of passion defense that negates malice in an attack. you can t just assault and kill someone just because you feel like it. that passed in virginia, but trans-panic laws are still on the books in both states. roem didn t transition until she was an adult. i was at a point at age 28 where i did not want to go into my 30s living a lie. i had pretended to be someone else my entire life by this point. i had known who i was since i was 10 years old. that s so awful. it s so hard. i was afraid of disappointing people more than anything. reporter: until college, her
been 28. said amberg remember, guyger was still in a police uniform and open fire on who she thought was a burglar. guyger was facing between five and 99 years of prison but they could consider the sudden passion defense, meaning she felt provoked, which carries a sentence of two to 28 years. once she was given the higher sentence of ten years, it was met with boos and chairs outside the courtroom with one woman calling it a slap of the face. texas prisoners serve 60% of their sentences, which means guyger out as early as 2025. martha: extraordinary moment with his brother. what a story it s been. coming up on the story, jesse watters with a message for