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Jorge &quot;Lumni&quot; Sanders-Galvez hands back a handgun to Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Perras as he testifies during his first-degree murder trial, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at the South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk, Iowa. Sanders-Galvez is one of two men accused of killing Kedarie Johnson, 16, of Burlington, Iowa. (John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye via AP, Pool)

Man found guilty in death of gender-fluid Iowa teenager

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Jorge Sanders-Galvez, left, is escorted from an elevator to the South Lee County Courtroom, during jury selection for his first-degree murder trial, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 in Keokuk, Iowa. Sanders-Galvez, is one of two men accused of killing Kedarie Johnson, 16, of Burlington, Iowa. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Prosecutor: Pair kidnapped, killed gender-fluid Iowa teen

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

In this Thursday Oct. 19, 2017 photo, Burlington detective Eric Short, left, talks with Des Moines County Attorney Amy Beavers and Christopher Perras, a federal hate crime lawyer, during a change of venue hearing in the murder trial of Jorge &quot;Lumni&quot; Sanders-Galvez, at the Des Moines County Courthouse in Burlington, Iowa. Sanders-Galvez is one of two men accused of killing Kedarie Johnson, 16, of Burlington. District Judge Mary Ann Brown granted the motion and the first-degree murder trial is set to begin with jury selection Tuesday, October 24 at the South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk. (John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye via AP)

Trial in killing of Iowa teenager to focus on gender motive

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Falls Church, Va. The Justice Department is sending a federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with killing a transgender teenager last year. LGBT advocates have long been skeptical of Sessions' pledge to prosecute acts of violence against transgender people. But the move, outlined in recently filed court papers, is a sign he intends to do so. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

Justice Dept. to help in Iowa case of slain transgender teen

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press