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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTransgender Defense: He did it, I didn't
A transgender woman accused of being a serial killer is blaming the 1990 murders of three prostitutes in Washington State on Douglas Perry, the person she identified as before her transition.
Donna Perry, 62, told police in 2012 in an affidavit filed in Spokane Superior Court that she had gender reassignment surgery in Thailand, and when a person transitions from male to female, "there's a great downturn in violence."
She also told police that she intentionally had the operation, which she underwent in 2000, "as a permanent way to control violence."
Perry is being held on $1 million bond in a Spokane County jail and declined to make a court appearance on murder charges this week, according to ABC affiliate KTLY, which first reported the story.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/transgender-woman-male-persona-serial-killer/story?id=22959423
Whelp, some groups are going to have a field day with this persons chosen murder defense.
I think it will be interesting to see how this case goes.
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Transgender Defense: He did it, I didn't (Original Post)
Lancero
Mar 2014
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1000words
(7,051 posts)1. LOL ... good luck, Donna.
Lancero
(3,003 posts)2. That's the entire point that this person is basing it on really...
Donna and Doug being separate people.
Doug was the one who committed the murders, not Donna.
1000words
(7,051 posts)7. Like you, I'm interested ...
to see the reaction of certain folks. Particularly, those who undertake the Herculean task to defend the defense.
Lancero
(3,003 posts)8. Laywer could try arguing the insanity defense...
1000words
(7,051 posts)10. LOL ... Off to a good start, laying the framework.
Lancero
(3,003 posts)14. Not so much laying a framework...
I'm still trying to figure out why Donna decided to ignore the tried and true insanity defense in favor of this.
rug
(82,333 posts)11. That's the only viable defense and it has merit.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3. I predict a complete lack of success.
There's so much wrong with this, I don't know where to begin.
Lancero
(3,003 posts)4. I predict a bunch jurors laughing
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)5. I see nothing funny about this.
Lancero
(3,003 posts)9. The claim it self.
More the audacity of it.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)6. Yep. Look for some douche on FOX news to use this as a wedge.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)12. The real question is, was he consuming Twinkies at the time.
He reminds one of the man who murdered both his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. - Abraham Lincoln
aikoaiko
(34,172 posts)13. That's quite a ballsy defense.
Feral Child
(2,086 posts)15. Stop that!
Lancero
(3,003 posts)16. Nutty defense more like