Missouri could be the first state to execute transgender woman

Amber McLaughlin, 49, is a transgender female and is scheduled to be executed with lethal injection on Tuesday following being found guilty of murdering a former lover in 2003.

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Missouri could be the first state to execute a transgender person in the United States, unless the governor of the state grants clemency as per reports.

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McLaughlin was involved in a relationship with the 45 year old Beverly Guenther before transitioning and often showed up in a workplace at St. Louis where Guenther was employed.

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McLaughlin was ultimately found guilty of murder in the first degree at the time of his trial in 2006. He was sentenced in the death penalty after a jury was unable to agree over the punishment, AP reported

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MISSISSIPPI DEATH ROW INMATE DINES ON PORK CHOPS, BISCUITS IN LAST MEAL BEFORE EXECUTION

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The petition also asserts that McLaughlin has depression and has attempted suicide numerous times.

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