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  • Colorado Shooter Pleads Guilty To 50 Federal Hate Crimes In LGBTQ+ Nightclub Attack

    Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter responsible for killing five people and injuring 19 others at Club Q, a popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, has pleaded guilty to 50 federal hate crime charges. The plea deal allows Aldrich, 24, to avoid the death penalty, instead receiving multiple life sentences plus 190 years on various other…

  • Man Sentenced For Obstructing Justice In Murder Of A Black Transgender Woman

    A South Carolina man was sentenced today to obstructing an investigation into the December 2019 murder of a transgender woman. Xavier Pinckney, 24, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for providing false and misleading information to state authorities investigating the murder of Dime Doe. He previously pleaded guilty on Oct 26, 2023. “The defendant’s…