US may execute its first openly transgender woman
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US carries out first execution of transgender person
WASHINGTON: A transgender woman convicted of murder was put to death late on Tuesday in the first such execution in the United States, officials said. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was pronounced dead shortly before 7 pm local time at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in the town of Bonne Terre, Missouri, according to a statement from the state prison department. Local news station Fox2now reported that McLaughlin died by lethal injection. McLaughl…
United States: For the first time a transgender woman has been executed
Sentenced to death for the murder of her former partner before her transition, Amber Laughlin was executed this Tuesday in the state of Missouri and thus became the first transgender person to be executed in the United States.
US carries out first execution of transgender person
A transgender woman convicted of murder was put to death late Tuesday in the first such execution in the United States, officials said.Amber McLaughlin, 49, was pronounced dead shortly before 7 p.m. local time at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in the town of Bonne Terre, Missouri, according to a statement from the state prison department.Local news station Fox2now reported that McLaughlin died by lethal injection.McLaughlin was the first…
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