“A transgender woman accused of shooting dead three prostitutes in 1990 has blamed the killings on her violent male persona.

Donna Perry, 62, appeared in court in Spokane, Washington on Tuesday – 24 years after she allegedly murdered the women and dumped their bodies on the banks of the Spokane River.

When Perry was arrested in connection with the crimes in 2012, she claimed that she had transitioned into a female in 2000 to stop her male persona – Doug Perry – from being violent.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2584343/Transgender-woman-62-blames-male-persona-shooting-dead-3-prostitutes-1990.html