EBAR.com – by Ed Walsh
The case of a gay man who was beaten to death in the Castro last year took a stunning twist during a sentencing hearing last week. The attorney for the defendant, Kyle Adams, revealed that Adams, 25, is a transgender woman and said that she should be given probation instead of a prison sentence because of the safety risk faced by transgender people in state prison.
Adams, who has not yet legally changed her name, was sentenced to six years in state prison on Friday, December 7, but a second hearing is scheduled for Monday, December 17, over whether the district attorney’s office will refile manslaughter charges against her.