2 Sentenced in Murder of Transgender Teenager

Two men convicted of killing transgender teenager Gwen Araujo after discovering that she was biologically male were sentenced to prison Friday after an emotion-filled court hearing.

Michael Magidson, 25, and Jose Merel, 26, were sentenced to the mandatory 15 years-to-life for second-degree murder. Jason Cazares, 26, who pleaded no contest to manslaughter in a plea bargain, got six years.

They were accused of killing 17-year-old Araujo, who was born a boy named Edward but felt her true identity was as a woman. The defendants met Araujo in the summer of 2002, and Magidson and Merel had sexual encounters with her.