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![Daqua Lameek Ritter [right] was convicted in the brutal murder of trans woman Dime Doe.](https://i0.wp.com/qnotescarolinas.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SC-Trial-art.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&quality=89&ssl=1)
After a four-day long trial, South Carolina man Daqua Lameek Ritter was found guilty of a federal gender-based hate crime in connection with the 2019 killing of Black transgender woman Dime Doe. Prosecutors say this is the first conviction of its kind in United States history. “This case is historic; this defendant is the first […]
