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Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte pardons U.S. Marine in murder of transgender woman
Source: CBS News
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte pardons U.S. Marine in murder of transgender woman
BY BARNABY LO
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 / 11:25 AM / CBS NEWS
Manila — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has granted an absolute pardon to a U.S. Marine convicted in 2015 of killing Jennifer Laude, a transgender woman in the Philippines, the president's spokesman confirmed on Monday.
"It does not mean his conviction is erased," presidential spokesman Harry Roque said of Duterte's decision to pardon Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton. "But what this means is Pemberton is free now and that there is no more question if he is entitled to good conduct time allowances."
Last week a court in Olongapo City, north of Manila and next to a former U.S. naval base, ordered Pemberton's early release after it ruled that the U.S. serviceman had shown good behavior and had therefore served the equivalent of his maximum sentence of 10 years.
The court's decision was met with opposition from various parties, including Laude's family.
In a statement issued on behalf of the victim's family, attorney Virginia Lacsa Suarez called Duterte's decision to pardon the American Marine, "revolting!"
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BY BARNABY LO
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 / 11:25 AM / CBS NEWS
Manila — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has granted an absolute pardon to a U.S. Marine convicted in 2015 of killing Jennifer Laude, a transgender woman in the Philippines, the president's spokesman confirmed on Monday.
"It does not mean his conviction is erased," presidential spokesman Harry Roque said of Duterte's decision to pardon Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton. "But what this means is Pemberton is free now and that there is no more question if he is entitled to good conduct time allowances."
Last week a court in Olongapo City, north of Manila and next to a former U.S. naval base, ordered Pemberton's early release after it ruled that the U.S. serviceman had shown good behavior and had therefore served the equivalent of his maximum sentence of 10 years.
The court's decision was met with opposition from various parties, including Laude's family.
In a statement issued on behalf of the victim's family, attorney Virginia Lacsa Suarez called Duterte's decision to pardon the American Marine, "revolting!"
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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/philippines-duterte-pardon-us-marine-lance-corporal-joseph-scott-pemberton-murder-transgender-jennifer-laude/
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