Joseph Scott Pemberton was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention (Bureau of Immigration /AP)A US Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman has been deported after a presidential pardon cut short his jail term. He also 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 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 Ms Laude died. A witness told investigators that Pemberton said he choked Ms Laude after discovering she was transgender. In December 2015, a judge convicted Pemberton of homicide, not the more serious charge of murder that prosecutors sought.

Source: Irish Independent September 13, 2020 04:41 UTC