![]() In addition, he was prosecuted under the US Hate Crimes Prevention Act, his case becoming the first successful transgender hate-crime prosecution ever. Vallum pleaded guilty to avoid trial and was sentenced to life in prison. So to protect his reputation and prevent gang retaliation, Vallum drove Williamson to a secluded area, stabbed her repeatedly, and bashed her head in with a hammer. However, the Latin Kings are strict in their hatred for homosexual behavior-the punishment: death. Josh Vallum had ties to the Latin Kings street gang in Mississippi. is an exquisite instance of Sir Joshua's feeling for juvenile expression. ![]() Mercedes was a 17-year-old transgender female. Mercedes Williamson photo: Mercedes was killed by her boyfriend (a street gang member) on Saturday 30th May after he learnt that one of his friends had discovered that she was transgender. 612 seems to be a clever picture of ' Sancho Panza delivering his first Message. The trailer shows an incarcerated Josh Vallum expressing the crushing guilt he lives with on a constant basis for his role in the 2015 murder of Mercedes Williamson. “I have to live with the fact that I killed Mercedes, and she’s in hell.”ĭeadline recently reported that Investigation Discovery has released the first teaser trailer and premiere date for their upcoming show Love & Hate Crime-a true crime docuseries that will explore crimes of hate and prejudice in the US. So let it be," Sessions said.Josh Vallum being sworn in before pleading guilty to the murder of Mercedes Williamson. Thomas Jefferson swore eternal hostility over any domination of the mind of man. ![]() "Under our Constitution and laws, this nation protects freedom of conscience, religion, speech, petition, and assembly among others. Sessions' remarks came as a the Bureau of Justice Statistics released a new federal report claiming that more than half of all hate crimes between 20 went unreported. That counts more than 250,000 hate crimes per year, based on a survey of households. "I personally met with the department's senior leadership and the Civil Rights Division to discuss a spate of murders around the country of transgender individuals." This is the first case prosecuted under the Hate Crimes Prevention Act involving the murder of a transgender person," he said. Last month, Joshua Brandon Vallum was sentenced to 49 years in prison for assaulting and murdering Mercedes Williamson. "We have and will continue to enforce hate crime laws aggressively and appropriately where transgendered individuals are victims. He admitted to killing her in 2015 after they ended their relationship, in an effort to keep the fact that she was transgender a secret. A Mississippi man received a 49-year prison sentence Monday for the first-ever conviction on federal hate crime charges arising from the murder of a transgender woman. Sessions noted that his department was the first to prosecute the murder of a transgendered individual under the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In December 2016, Joshua Vallum pleaded guilty to hate crime charges in the death of his then-17-year-old transgender girlfriend, Mercedes Williamson. He also touted department successes in prosecuting hate crimes during his tenure. These included the cases of a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen responsible for bomb threats directed against American Jewish Community Centers, a man who burned the Victoria Islamic Center in Texas, and a Kansas man who shot three men in a bar because he believed they were Iranian. Sessions asked for input from local law enforcement to enable better hate crime prosecution by the department, especially on how it can "improve our data collection on hate crimes." "I pledge to you: As long as I am attorney general, the Department of Justice will continue to protect the civil rights of all Americans-and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in our country," he said. Sessions took a hard line on hate crimes in his address, saying that "no person should have to fear being violently attacked because of who they are, what they believe, or how they worship." The department's Hate Crimes Subcommittee held the one-day summit, which focused on "identifying, prosecuting, and preventing hate crimes." The meeting brought together local law enforcement officials and experts to discuss problems in hate crime enforcement, including a severe lack of nationwide data.
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