Man sentenced to 70 months for bathroom hate crime attack
Fred Joseph Costanza was convicted last month of a bias crime for the assault on transgender woman Lauren Jackson after she used a restroom in an Oregon park last summer. Yesterday Circuit Judge Sheryl Bachart handed Costanza a 70-month sentence, the mandatory minimum for second-degree assault according to Oregon Live. Ms. Jackson, who had just […]
Transwoman Lauren Jackson Talks About Hate Crime Attack
Idaho resident Fred Joseph Costanza was indicted on four charges Thursday, one a first-degree bias crime after he allegedly beat up transgender woman Lauren Jackson at Agate Beach State Park last weekend. Despite the pain, Ms. Jackson says she refuses to hate Costanza or anyone else. Lauren Jackson told KATU 2 that she had just […]
