Editing Gay panic defense (section)

=== Philippines ===
Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, a U.S. Marine from [[Massachusetts]], was convicted of homicide (but not of murder) in the [[killing of Jennifer Laude]] in a motel room in [[Olongapo]] in the Philippines in 2014. Police said that Pemberton became enraged after discovering that Laude was transgender. After Pemberton served six years of a ten-year sentence, President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] gave him an absolute pardon. Sen. [[Imee Marcos]] said the pardon would help the Philippines maintain "very deep and very cordial" relations with the US.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lendon|first=Brad|date=September 8, 2020|title=US Marine pardoned by Philippines for killing of transgender woman|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/asia/us-marine-philippines-transgender-killing-pardon-intl-hnk-scli/index.html|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=[[CNN]] |archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908102232/https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/asia/us-marine-philippines-transgender-killing-pardon-intl-hnk-scli/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>