{"id":1386,"date":"2023-01-04T07:15:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T07:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/04\/transgender-missouri-inmate-executed-for-fatal-stabbing\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T07:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T07:15:07","slug":"transgender-missouri-inmate-executed-for-fatal-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/04\/transgender-missouri-inmate-executed-for-fatal-stabbing\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-04-at-6.56.00-AM-696x392.png\"   alt=\"Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing\" title=\"Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Amber McLaughlin was executed Tuesday night after Missouri\u2019s Republican governor denied mercy. McLaughlin was convicted in 2006 of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The clemency plea cited McLaughlin\u2019s terrible background and mental health concerns, which the jury never heard.<\/p>\n<p>Cori Bush and Emanuel Cleaver, two Missouri Democrats, had campaigned for McLaughlin\u2019s sentence to be commuted and wrote to Parson last week asking him to stop the execution.<\/p>\n<p>McLaughlin, 49, was sentenced to death after the judge took a unilateral judgment after the jury deadlocked. Congressmen protested that her trial lacked expert witness and mental health evidence.<\/p>\n<p>They also opposed the death sentence as \u201cmoral depravity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not about justice; they\u2019re about power.\u201d Bush and Cleaver urged Obama to give mercy to address these injustices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs McLaughlin\u2019s cruel execution would mark the state\u2019s first use of the death penalty on a woman since the US supreme court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. Even worse, it would not solve any of the systemic problems facing Missourians and people across America, including anti-LGBTQ+ hate and violence, and cycles of violence that target and harm women.\u201d It would ruin another community under the guise of fairness and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Death Penalty Information Center says no openly transgender person has been killed in the US.<\/p>\n<p>On records, McLaughlin dated Beverly Guenther in 2003, before transitioning. After they broke up, McLaughlin visited Guenther\u2019s suburban St. Louis office, occasionally sneaking inside. Guenther got a restraining order and was led to her vehicle by police.<\/p>\n<p>When Guenther didn\u2019t come home on November 20, 2003, neighbors alerted police. Officers spotted a broken knife handle and a blood trail near her vehicle. McLaughlin led police to where Guenther\u2019s corpse had been thrown the next day.<\/p>\n<p>2006 murder conviction for McLaughlin. After a jury deadlocked, a judge condemned McLaughlin to death. Komp said only Missouri and Indiana enable a judge to condemn someone to death.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, a judge ordered a fresh sentencing hearing, but in 2021, the death sentence was restored.<\/p>\n<p>Transgender convict Jessica Hicklin characterized McLaughlin as terribly shy before transitioning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>));\/**\/<\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the US. Amber McLaughlin was executed Tuesday night after Missouri\u2019s Republican governor denied mercy. 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