Duterte pardons US Marine jailed for transgender killing in Philippines

Duterte pardons US Marine jailed for transgender killing in Philippines

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pardoned a United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the country nearly six years ago, sparking condemnation from activists. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was jailed in 2015 for killing Jennifer Laude in a hotel in Olongapo near a former US navy base.

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