Woman charged as part of mob attack against Philadelphia transgender woman
Billy Penn.Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has long supported adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the hate crime law, but lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House and Senate have largely refused to pass any legislation that could expand LGBTQ rights. If those protections had been added to the law, Wearing and others accused of crimes against the LGBTQ community could potentially face harsher sentences or additional prison time if convicted.According to prosectors, the victim, Kendall Stephens, was in her home on Aug.