The Philippines has deported Joseph Scott Pemberton, the U.S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in 2014. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte granted an absolute pardon to Pemberton last week. The deportation was arranged by the U.S. embassy and the U.S. government paid for Pemberton’s flight out, according to the Washington Post. Pemberton met the … Continue reading Marine Pardoned in Killing of Transgender Woman is Deported from the Philippines, Flown Home at the Cost of U.S. Taxpayers