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yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts) Thu Dec 3, 2015, 03:53 PM Dec 2015

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US Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino

OLONGAPO, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Marine has been found guilty of killing a transgender Filipino after discovering her gender in a hotel in the Philippines last year.

Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted Tuesday of homicide by first strangling Jennifer Laude and then dunking her head into a toilet bowl in the hotel they had checked into after meeting in a disco bar in Olongapo city, northwest of Manila. Court clerk Gerry Gruspe said Pemberton was sentenced to up to 12 years in jail.

The killing has reignited calls by left-wing groups and nationalists for an end to America’s military presence in the Philippines at a time when the U.S. is reasserting its dominance in Asia, and Manila has turned to Washington for support amid an escalating territorial dispute with China.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/2015/12/us-marine-found-guilty-of-killing-transgender-filipino/

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US Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino (Original Post) yuiyoshida Dec 2015 OP

We left the Philippines but they asked us back? Yieks! yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #1

"Court clerk Gerry Gruspe said Pemberton was sentenced to up to 12 years in jail." dhill926 Dec 2015 #2

Perhaps because it was spur-of-the moment rather than premeditated? nomorenomore08 Dec 2015 #5

"after discovering her gender" left-of-center2012 Dec 2015 #3

An embarressed apology and a quick exit... uriel1972 Dec 2015 #4

Not even embarrassed. "Oh, sorry, I'm straight. Bye and have a great night!" stevenleser Jan 2016 #6

I was taking the position of someone who couldn't handle the situation... uriel1972 Jan 2016 #7

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. We left the Philippines but they asked us back? Yieks!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 03:58 PM

Dec 2015

dhill926

(16,314 posts)

2. "Court clerk Gerry Gruspe said Pemberton was sentenced to up to 12 years in jail."

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:41 PM

Dec 2015

For murder? Seems like an awfully light sentence...

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

5. Perhaps because it was spur-of-the moment rather than premeditated?

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:22 AM

Dec 2015

Regardless, I agree with you. This was clearly murder, not even manslaughter.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

3. "after discovering her gender"

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 06:04 PM

Dec 2015

Reminds me of a murder in San Diego some years back when a sailor killed a prostitute
whom he learned was a guy in drag or transgender.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

4. An embarressed apology and a quick exit...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 07:46 PM

Dec 2015

would have been the appropriate response if you couldn't deal with the situation. No excuse for this, should have been life in prison.

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

6. Not even embarrassed. "Oh, sorry, I'm straight. Bye and have a great night!"

Reply to uriel1972 (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 3, 2016, 12:20 AM

Jan 2016

Why would either of them be embarrassed.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

7. I was taking the position of someone who couldn't handle the situation...

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 3, 2016, 06:08 PM

Jan 2016

I figured they would be embarreses. If this... person could have handled the situation there wouldn't have been a problem.

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