The family of a convicted black killer is suing New York State for $50 million, saying that he is being stigmatized by being called an inmate

Gerard Domond, 49, says the term implies that he was mating with other men in his lawsuit against the state. The Domond family want the state to stop calling him an inmate as the term hurts his feelings causing him mental anguish. His sister Marie Domond said the term: "Implies that our brother is locked up for the purpose of mating with other men." Gerard was convicted in 1987 after killing a man in a Brooklyn drug deal gone wrong. Currently at upstate Clinton Correctional Facility, he will be eligible for parole in May 2013.