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MEDIA
RELEASE
THE
AMANCIO PROJECT
Monday, June 30,
2008
Contact: Michael H.
Baughman at
TheAmancioProject@gmail.com
www.TheAmancioProject.org
Final Trial
Management Conference Advanced
Yuma, AZ – During a
Status Hearing held today at the Yuma County Courthouse to discuss
the strategy of the case, the family, myself and a court-appointed
advocate learned from the Prosecutor the Final Trial Management
Conference (FTMC) has been rescheduled for July 10, 2008, at
8:30am. The FTMC had been scheduled for
July 16, 2008.
The trial is still on track to begin
August 6, 2008, and
the Prosecutor does not anticipate that date will change.
The FTMC is the final step before jury selection and trial.
It is at the FTMC both the Prosecution and Defense inform the
Presiding Judge they are or are not ready to proceed to trial. There
is always a chance the FTMC could be postponed one more brief time,
but it is not expected to change the trial date. The judge in the
case is growing impatient with the many delays in this case.
Anyone with any information concerning this case urged to
contact the
Yuma
County
Sheriff's Office at 783-4427.
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Click Here for Timeline Synopsis
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SB 1483 and HB 2752 (Amancio Corrales
Act)
These two Bills were introduced February 11,
2008. The Act is named after a gay man and gender performer who
was murdered in Yuma in 2005 in an apparent bias-motivated attack
based on his gender expression. This bill would add gender
identity or expression to the existing hate crimes statute to
allow law enforcement officials to prosecute anti-transgender and
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Amancio Corrales Gallardo Jr. |
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November 10, 1981 ~ May 6, 2005 |
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Dalila |
as Amancio |
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Amancio Corrales, a 23-year-old gay man who performed
as a female impersonator under the name Dalila, was found murdered in
the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona on May 6, 2005. He died from
what has been publicly described by authorities as “violent
trauma.”
In response to this brutal incident,
Michael Baughman brought together local organizers in the GLBT Community
along with members of the immediate family and close
friends of Amancio to develop a strategy to offer aid and comfort to the
family and to address the issues and
concerns which have arisen around this violent crime.
On Friday, May 27, 2005,
organizers with local ties to the Yuma area representing the Yuma County
Gay Rights Meetup, Yuma High School Gay Straight Alliance, Arizona
Leadership Institute, Arizona Human Rights Fund, Southern Arizona Gender
Association and the United Church of Christ facilitated a strategic
planning session, resulting in the creation of
~The Amancio Project
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Suspect arrested
May 23, 2007 |
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Ruben
Solorio-Valenzuela |
Actions by the Amancio
Project directly lead to the apprehension of the suspect |
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See complete story on
the News Articles page of this site |
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Case
Principals:
Case
Number: CR200700677
Victim
Advocate: Estrella Fitch
Family
Liaison to the Media: Michael H. Baughman
Prosecuting Attorney: Levi Gunderson
Defense
Attorney: Michael Donovan
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