Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing

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Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing​

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton said in a farewell message that he was “extremely grateful” to President Rodrigo Duterte for pardoning him and expressed his “most sincere sympathy” to the family of Jennifer Laude, who he was convicted of killing in 2014 after finding out that she was a transgender in a motel northwest of Manila.

During his five-year confinement, Pemberton said he spent “much time contemplating the many errors” he committed the night Laude died. “He wishes he had the words to express the depth of his sorrow and regret,” according to Pemberton’s message, which was issued by his lawyer, Rowena Garcia-Flores.
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Look, the original story from 2014 was posted in the forum, see below:
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US marine charged with killing Filipino transgender woman World News
Prosecutors in the Philippines have filed murder charges against Joseph Scott Pemberton. The marine stands accused of killing Jennifer Laude in October. Prosecutors found probable cause against Pte First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton and decided that he used “treachery, abuse of superior authority and cruelty” against his alleged victim, lead prosecutor Emilie Fe delos Santos told a televised briefing. “You can see the kind of cruelty she endured, the injuries she sustained,” Delos Santos sa…
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IMHO, if they are letting him off, it certainly seems very lenient to me.
 
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