US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, convicted of homicide for brutally killing a Filipino transwoman, was granted presidential pardon without going through the long Philippine process.
was granted presidential pardonThe Department of Justice confirmed Tuesday, September 8, that Pemberton did not go through the usual procedure. Pemberton's Filipino lawyer Rowena Garcia Flores said she did not apply for the pardon, and, according to Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
But Pemberton, protected by the Visiting Forces Agreement with the Americans, was spared from this long process. For 2020, no Filipino has been granted pardon as of last figures from the Bureau of Corrections in July. In 2019, there were 4 pardoned convicts; in 2018 there were 5; and in 2017 there were 14.
Guevarra said that from his impression,"the President’s decision to grant pardon to Pemberton was solely his own. No one prompted it."
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