Another step forward?

I don't know if any of you have heard about the Angie Zapata 'transgender murder' case which has been going on for the past week or so down the road from me in Greeley, CO.  As I have friends and relatives who are transpeople, I've been following it closely (and been disgusted by some of the awful comments I've read on news sites!), and I just heard that the jury just came back with both a 1st Degree Murder and Hate Crime conviction for the guy who killed her. I am so, so relieved that they didn't wuss out on this one.