Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted in 2015 of killing Jennifer Laude, 26. They met at a nightclub in the City of Olonagpo, and went across the street to a motel. Footage showed them entering the room together, but only Pemberton left
Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, has pardoned a U. S. Marine who killed a transgender woman in 2014. “Cutting matters short over what constitutes time served, and since where he was detained was not in the prisoner’s control—and to do justice—the President has granted an absolute pardon to Pemberton,” Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teddy Locsin Jr. wrote Monday on Twitter. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted in 2015 of killing Jennifer Laude,26.
