Bill would restrict 'trans panic' defense in RI courts | Audio - The Providence Journal

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The Providence JournalBill would restrict 'trans panic' defense in RI courts | AudioThe Providence JournalThe diagnosis stuck, until 1973 when the American Psychiatric Association discredited the idea. The legal system, however, has not yet caught up, according to the ABA. William Shepherd, the chair of the ABA's criminal justice section who wrote the ...