http://http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/10/16/us/ap-us-bus-passenger-on-fire.html
After talking about this in class I went and did research on the issue myself. 17 year old Richard Thomas was prosecuted as an adult, entered the plea as part of a deal with prosecutors. He initially also was facing a hate-crime charge.Thomas is expected to be sentenced Nov. 14 to seven years in prison for setting the clothing of a gender neutral teen on fire on the bus. I believe that this is a very important issue in society concerning hate crimes on transgender individuals.
