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Philippines deports US Marine pardoned for transgender killing

This photo taken and released on September 13, 2020 shows US marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton (C), who was convicted of killing a transgender woman, with immigration officers outside his cell before being escorted to the airport in Manila, the Philippines.

Photo credit: Handout | Philippine Bureau of Immigration | AFP 

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was halfway through his maximum 10-year prison term for the 2014 murder when Duterte this week unexpectedly ordered his release, drawing condemnation from rights groups.
  • During the trial, a lower court heard that Pemberton and Jennifer Laude agreed to have sex but the drunken marine turned violent when he discovered Laude still had male genitals.

Manila,

A US marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines was deported on Sunday after being pardoned by President Rodrigo Duterte.

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