U.S. Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino

[traci_k]

U.S. Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-philippines-murder-marine-convicted-20151201-story.html

Tribune Wire Reports-Contact Reporter
December 1, 2015

A Philippine court on Tuesday convicted a U.S. Marine of killing a Filipino last year after he discovered she was a transgender woman in a hotel in the Philippines while he was on a break after participating in joint military exercises in the country.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted of homicide by first strangling Jennifer Laude and then dunking her head into a toilet bowl in the hotel they had checked into after meeting in a disco bar in Olongapo city, northwest of Manila. He was sentenced to 6-12 years in jail, with time already spent in detention credited, said court clerk Gerry Gruspe.

Laude's mother, Julita, said that while she was happy the verdict detailed everything that had transpired, she was not pleased with the jail term because she had hoped Penderton would be found guilty of murder, a more serious crime than homicide.
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Warning - Jennifer's mother does mis-gender her trans-daughter. But I have to agree with her mother that 6-12 years for murder is not enough. Trans-panic defense should NOT be a mitigating circumstance. Murder IS murder.

[Oliviah]

Good.  Should have been for life.

U.S. Marine Jailed for Killing Transgender Woman in Philippines

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-marine-jailed-killing-transgender-woman-philippines-n471856

NBC News/News Dec 1 2015, 5:40 am ET