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In this photo provided by Atty. Rowena Garcia-Flores, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, right, poses for a selfie while showing the headlines of a newspaper beside his lawyer Rowena Garcia-Flores on Tuesday Sept. 8, 2020 in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon city, Philippines. The Philippine president recently pardoned Pemberton in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. (Atty. Rowena Garcia-Flores via AP)

Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday Aug. 30, 2020. Duterte publicly ordered the country's top customs official to shoot and kill drug smugglers in one of his most overt threats during a deadly four-year campaign that has been the centerpiece of his presidency. (King Rodriguez/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Philippine leader pardons US Marine in transgender killing

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

A demonstrator ties a red ribbon on a gate of the Department of Justice to symbolize their protest while holding a picture of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton during a rally in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. A Philippine court has ordered the early release for good conduct of Pemberton convicted in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino which sparked anger in the former American colony. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine appeals block release of US Marine in killing

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine court orders US Marine’s early release in killing

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine appellate court affirms conviction of US Marine

Associated Press

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, left, arrives for the verdict of his court case for the killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude, at Olongapo city, Zambales province, northwest of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Dec. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Joseph Pemberton, U.S. Marine, found guilty of killing transgender Filipino

By Jim Gomez and Teresa Cerojano - Associated Press

Protesters hang a rainbow banner from the foot bridge near the U.S. Embassy to demand justice for the Oct. 11, 2014 killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude at the former U.S. naval base of Subic northwest of Manila, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. U.S. marine PFC Joseph Scott Pemberton was tagged as the suspect in the killing which the protesters termed as a "hate crime" against LGBT (Lesbians Gays Bisexual and Transgender) Filipinos. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

U.S. Marine charged with murder of Filipino transgender

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, file photo, U.S. Marine Pfc Joseph Scott Pemberton, a suspect in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino woman, is escorted to his detention as he arrives inside the compound of the Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. American forces are guarding Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, yet a ring of Filipino troops surrounds them. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Marine murder case reveals U.S.-Philippine sore spot

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

U.S. Marines Pfc Joseph Scott Pemberton, a suspect in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino woman, wears a helmet as he arrives inside the compound of the Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. The Philippine military chief says Pemberton has been flown to the main Philippine military camp in the capital, easing a looming irritant with Washington over his custody, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

U.S. turns over Marine suspected of murder to Philippine military

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times