Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has ‘granted an absolute pardon’ to American Marine Lance Cpl.
Joseph Scott Pemberton after he killed a transgender Filipino woman, Jennifer Laude, in 2014. Pemberton reportedly strangled Laude in Olangapo City after the pair checked into a local hotel together.
Pemberton has only served half of his ten-year sentence.In court he said he attacked Laude after ‘realising she was transgender’ but claimed she was alive when he left the room.