Amber McLaughlin set to become first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S.
McLaughlin is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.
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McLaughlin is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.
Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.
Squad member Rep. Cori Bush is being joined by a fellow Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver in an attempt to halt what would be the first execution of a transgender prisoner in US history.
Eighteen men were put to death in the U.S. this year, with more than half of them in Texas and Oklahoma.
The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S. is asking Missouri's governor for mercy, citing mental health issues.