A clemency petition has been filed with the Missouri governor to prevent the execution of Amber McLaughlin, a transgender woman.
For lack of leniency, it will be the first in the United States. Amber McLaughlin, a 49-year-old transgender woman, is scheduled to be executed by injection Tuesday in Missouri for killing a former girlfriend in 2003, the Associated Press reports.
Amber McLaughlin’s attorney, Larry Komp, said a clemency petition had been filed with Republican Gov. Mike Parson on the grounds that the death row inmate suffered from brain damage and childhood trauma.
convicted of rape and murder in 2003
Amber McLauglin was sentenced to death in 2003 for raping and killing a woman. According to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), this will be the first execution of a transgender person in the United States.
In 2022, 18 people were executed in the United States, including two in Missouri. Another execution is scheduled for February 7 in that state.
Original article published on BFMTV.com
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