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Washington becomes tenth state to ban gay or trans panic defense
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metroweekly.comWashington State Capitol – Photo: Tradnor, via Wikimedia. A bill approved by Washington State lawmakers to ban the use of a defense using a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity to justify violent actions is headed to the desk of Gov.
Jay Inslee (D) for his signature into law. Last week, the Washington State Senate approved a bill banning the gay or trans panic defense on a bipartisan 46-3 vote, following a 90-5 vote by the House of Representatives earlier this month.
The measure prohibits a criminal defendant accused of murder, assault, or other violent actions from arguing “diminished capacity” — a defense strategy based on the idea that a victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity was so upsetting that it
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