US Marine convicted of killing transgender woman in the Philippines

A court in the Philippines has convicted a US Marine of killing a transgender woman. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was found ghttps://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpuilty of homicide and not murder over the killing of transgender woman Jennifer Laude, reports the Philippine Star. Pemberton will face imprisonment from six to 12 years. Witnesses had testified that Pemberton squeezed…

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Marine charged with murder in lurid death of Filipino transgender woman

OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines — U.S. Marine, Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, 19, will be charged by Philippine prosecutors with murder in the brutal attack and slaying of Jennifer Laude, 26, a Filipino transgender woman, reports Floyd Whaley today in the New York Times. The young private was initially charged with homicide but prosecutors upped the charge…

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