Last month, Twitchy reported how Amber McLaughlin was asking for clemency, citing mental health issues. McLaughlin was convicted of killing 45-year-old Beverly Guenther on November 20, 2003, raping her and then stabbing her to death. The McLaughlin execution is getting a lot of attention because it will be a historic first: McLaughlin will be the first openly transgender person executed in the United States, and the first “woman” to be executed by the state of Missouri.
Amber McLaughlin is set to become the first openly transgender person executed in the U.S. https://t.co/pLYDTwjwYB
— VICE News (@VICENews) January 3, 2023
Yeah, maybe she should have raped and stabbed that other woman.
VICE reports:
The United States is set to execute an openly transgender person for the first time in the nation’s history, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Larry Komp, McLaughlin’s lawyer, told the Associated Press that McLaughlin’s gender dysphoria diagnosis is a part of the clemency request but “not the main focus.”
“It’s wrong when anyone’s executed regardless, but I hope that this is a first that doesn’t occur,” Komp told NBC News upon first filing for clemency in early December.
Some have reported they’re wearing pink today in solidarity with McLaughlin, who’s apparently asked that supporters wear pink nail polish or lipstick.
https://twitter.com/N_Zfinch/status/1610349718403416072
No, it's just another man being executed for murdering a woman. A just ending to a heinous crime.
— CJ (@politichick_) January 3, 2023
Wear pink in remembrance of the real woman he killed.
— woodsy (@serenitynow114) January 3, 2023
Maybe he shouldn’t have raped and murdered his ex-girlfriend, you weird-ass clown
— Mike (@m_anto04) January 3, 2023
you're wearing pink in solidarity with a man who raped and murdered his ex-girlfriend?
— Daniel Greenfield – "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) January 3, 2023
You do know he raped and killed his ex-girlfriend. 🤦🏼♂️
— Dirk Johnson (@DirkJohnson15) January 3, 2023
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The good news it's really a man so they aren't executing a woman after all.
Show solidarity with the woman who was murdered, not the murderer who got convicted for killing her.
Just a thought.— Patriot McGenius (@patmcguinness) January 3, 2023
— Dennis (@FormallySomeone) January 3, 2023
Equity at work!!
— ThoughtCrimeFelon (@ThoughtCrimeFln) January 3, 2023
Equality achieved.
— Batwing🦇🦇 (@Hexakitty666) January 3, 2023
Is there some rule about executing trans people? The media certainly seems to be giving this case a lot of attention.
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Related:
Transgender woman to be executed for rape and murder asks for mercy, citing mental illness https://t.co/tIbrshezM8
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 17, 2022
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