Philippines pardons US Marine for killing transgender woman
by Associated Press in Manila from on (#57VAY)
President's move to free Joseph Scott Pemberton condemned as shameless mockery of justice'
The Philippine president has pardoned a US Marine in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment for the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony.
Teodoro Locsin Jr, the Philippine foreign secretary, tweeted that Rodrigo Duterte had granted an absolute pardon" to L/Cpl Joseph Scott Pemberton to do justice", but did not elaborate. Duterte was to deliver televised remarks on Monday night where he would discuss Pemberton's case, a presidential spokesman, Harry Roque, said.
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