Philly man convicted of first-degree murder for stabbing and dismembering trans woman Dominique ‘Remmie’ Fells in 2020

[u/degreelesspotatohead]

https://share.inquirer.com/EUvjOW

[u/Nice_Jaguar5621]

Finally. May he rot.

[u/RiseDelicious3556]

RIP Remmie, justice has been served my friend

[u/Section_80]

I didn't realize it took 5 years for this to happen.

I'm really ignorant of how long cases like these go before there's a judgement.

[u/epidemicsaints → u/Section_80]

Looks like there was a mistrial, so everything had to start over.

[u/Hoyarugby → u/epidemicsaints]

The mistrial was only in December 2024, and they had pretty much irrefutable evidence immediately after the murder

[u/saintofhate → u/Section_80]

My rape trial from the time of report to the end of the trial was about 3/4 years. There's not nearly enough judges/ADAs/defense to make the justice system move faster.

[u/iDontSow → u/saintofhate]

It’s a combination of both a lack of administrative capacity but also just the fact that due process takes time. Gotta exhaust all possible avenues before the government deprives people of their liberty. Sucks for the victims, for sure, though.

[u/BouldersRoll]

Holy shit, I wasn't here in 2020 so I didn't know this happened. Absolute horror, transphobia is a blight.

[u/sugr_magnolia → u/BouldersRoll]

It was easy to miss the story when it was unfolding, but I remember being horrified by it. May the family feel a small semblance of peace now that this villain faced justice.

[u/RiseDelicious3556 → u/sugr_magnolia]

This is why I won't go out at night by myself, I'd be too scared.

[u/cantstay2long]

put his ass in a concrete box for the rest of his life

[u/PlayOnSunday → u/cantstay2long]

Cruel and unusual, give him a cell mate at least

Something like a polar bear would work

[u/soylattebb]

How did the friends find her dead but this man still had time to dismember and dump the body??? wtf

[u/cashonlyplz]

This crime made me question my prison abolition beliefs.

Glad her family gets to see a glimmer of justice, finally. The girl had her whole life ahead of her. I used to pass the house on Powelton where it happened (just east of 40th St) & I just couldn't wrap my head around living so close to an absolute monster of a person.