Poll of the day: Transgender beating sentence

Tell us what you think about the issue -- vote in our poll of the day: Was the five-year prison sentence a Baltimore County judge imposed on a 19-year old for the brutal beating of a transgender woman at a Rosedale McDonald's too much, too little, or just right?

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gorgusguy at 10:30 AM September 15, 2011

I would say from the standpoint of someone beating someone else which is simply a violent crime that 5 years would seem appropriate. The fact that it was a freek that got beaten should not make a difference

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