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Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection today for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.
A court in 2016 ordered a new sentencing hearing, but a federal appeals court panel reinstated the death penalty in 2021.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Unless Missouri Governor Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the United States. She is scheduled to die
<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/transgender-missouri-inmate-scheduled-to-be-executed-tuesday/"></div>ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the U.S. since 1977, but an execution scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri would be the first of an openly transgender woman. Amber McLaughlin, 49, is set to die for stalking a former girlfriend and stabbing her to death nearly 20 […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below...
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Amber McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to die by lethal injection over the 2003 murder of Beverly Guenther unless Missouri's governor grants clemency at the last minute.