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US Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino
A Philippine court on Tuesday convicted a U.S. Marine of killing a Filipino last year after he discovered she was a transgender woman.
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Philippine court to issue verdict in US Marine’s murder case
A Philippine court is expected to deliver its verdict Tuesday in the case of a U.S. Marine accused of murdering a transgender Filipino.
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Trial begins in Philippines of U.S. Marine charged with trans woman’s murder
Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton is charged with murder, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. The court registered a not guilty plea for him last month after he refused to enter a plea.
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Philippine court enters not guilty plea for Marine charged in trans woman’s murder
A Philippine court entered a not guilty plea Monday for a U.S. Marine charged with murdering a transgender Filipino, allegedly after he discovered her biological sex when they checked into a hotel.
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Philippines rejects U.S. Marine’s appeal to drop transgender murder case
The Philippines has rejected an appeal by a U.S. Marine that it drop a murder charge against him in the death of a transgender Filipino woman last year.
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U.S. Marine charged with murder of Filipino transgender woman
Prosecutors say there is “probable cause” that Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton killed Jennifer Laude in a Philippines motel room in October.
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Marine suspected of trans woman’s murder transferred to Philippine custody
MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. military turned over a Marine suspect in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino woman to the Philippine military’s main camp in the capital Wednesday, easing a looming irritant over his custody, officials said. Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton had been detained on board the USS Peleliu at the Subic Bay Freeport…
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Marine accused in murder of transgender Filipino tests U.S.-Philippine ties
OLONGAPO, Philippines — Inside a funeral parlor, a Filipino mother sits and weeps next to a coffin containing the body of her daughter and demands answers. On a hulking American assault ship moored at a nearby port sits a man who might have them – a U.S. Marine authorities suspect in the brutal slaying at a cheap hotel more than a week ago.
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Philippine police accuse U.S. Marine in transgender murder case
MANILA, Philippines — A police inspector says a complaint for murder has been filed in the Philippines accusing a U.S. Marine of killing a transgender Filipino in a motel room. Police Chief Inspector Gil Domingo said Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton was the last person seen with the victim late Saturday, when they checked into a motel…
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Protesters demand Philippine custody of Marine suspected in alleged hate crime
MANILA, Philippines — Dozens of activists burned a mock U.S. flag as they protested at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, demanding that Washington hand over to the Philippines a U.S. Marine suspected in the killing of a transgender Filipino that the demonstrators labeled a hate crime. Jeffrey Laude, 26, was found dead, apparently …