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Daqua Lameek Ritter was convicted of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe in 2019, and faces a maximum of life in prison
A South Carolina man was found guilty on Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity.
After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe in 2019. Ritter was also found guilty of using a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting and obstructing justice.
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