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Philippines Deports U.S. Marine Convicted of Killing Trans Woman

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CNN reports. Pemberton is “perpetually” barred from returning to the Philippines, added Jaime Morente, commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration.

The Marine boarded a military plane bound for the U.S. Sunday morning.Pemberton was convicted of killing Jennifer Laude, who he had met in October 2014 at a nightclub in Olongapo, near Manila.

Pemberton, then 19, took Laude, 26, to a hotel room, where he choked her, breaking her neck. She was found with her head in a toilet.

At his trial, Pemberton used a trans panic defense, with his lawyers arguing Laude was responsible for her death because she didn’t disclose to the Marine that she was transgender.

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