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On Tuesday, Missouri executed Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender woman to be put to death in the US. Governor Mike Parson denied her clemency and the US Supreme Court had earlier refused to hear her case.
About a dozen protestors gathered in Jefferson City Tuesday to rally against the execution of Amber McLaughlin after the state declined to grant her clemency.
McLaughlin, 49, was put to death for stalking and killing a former girlfriend.
McLaughlin, convicted of first-degree murder in 2006, is the first known transgender woman to be executed in the United States.
Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, McLaughlin will become the first transgender woman executed in the U.S.