The New York Times reports.Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton was 20 when he met Jennifer Laude at a Manila nightclub, took her back to a hotel, choked her, and broke her neck in October 2014.
Pemberton used a trans panic defense, with his lawyers arguing Laude was responsible for her death because she didn't disclose to the Marine she was transgender.
The attorneys claimed Laude "raped" Pemberton because she performed oral sex on him allegedly before he knew she was trans.Pemberton was convicted of murder and sentenced to six to 12 years in a Manila-area prison; the sentence was later reduced to 10 years.