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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The nation’s first hate crime trial for a gender-based murder began Tuesday in Columbia. Dime Doe, a transgender woman, was found dead in her car off a country road in Allendale, South Carolina, around 6 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2019. She had been shot three times in the head from close range. Just hours earlier, Doe had been stopped for speeding. In drizzling rain, an Allendale sheriff’s deputy who knew Doe recorded himself on body camera giving Doe a speeding ticket. She texted her mom, “I’m alright. Just a $72 ticket.” It was the last time anyone heard from her. Sitting in the recli…