Pemberton hopes to go back to school after Duterte pardon: lawyer
Sep 08 2020 09:59 AM | Updated as of Sep 08 2020 10:42 AMMANILA — US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton is hoping to go back to school after receiving a pardon from President Rodrigo Duterte for killing a Filipina transgender, his lawyer said Tuesday.The 25-year-old Pemberton has been in prison since the October 2014 killing of Jennifer Laude, whom he met at a bar while on a break from military exercises in the northern city of Olongapo.The US soldier had no internet connection and no phone in a repurposed container van where he was jailed in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, said his lawyer Rowena Flores.About a third of this van was for Pemberton’s use and two-thirds was for his guards who were “hovering all the time”, she said.In his nearly 6-year.
