Amber McLaughlin killed her girlfriend Beverly Guenther in 2003 and dumped the body near the Mississippi River. Amber was sentenced in 2016. In 2021, the court had upheld his death sentence.
America one in transgender woman Has been sentenced to death. This has happened for the first time in American history. Late on Tuesday night, he was given death sentence by giving poisonous injection. name of this transgender woman amber mclaughlin (Amber McLaughlin). Amber was accused of murdering her girlfriend. Amber was pronounced dead at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Missouri City at around 7 pm US time.
Amber and Beverly Guenther were in a relationship before the sex change. After some time their relationship turned sour. After this, the distance between the two started increasing. In 2003, Amber murdered his girlfriend Beverly Guenther and dumped the body near the Mississippi River. Amber was sentenced in 2016, 13 years after the murder. In 2021, the court had upheld his death sentence.
There was a demand to change the sentence
Amber’s lawyers had demanded Governor Mike Parson to change the death sentence to life imprisonment, but Governor Mike Parson did not accept it and retained Amber’s sentence. He said that Amber was mentally and physically troubled since her early days. He also argued in front of the governor that Amber had a troubled childhood and was suffering from mental and health problems.
struggle for identity
In this case, high-profile people, including two Missouri members of the US House of Representatives Corey Bush and Emanuel Cleaver, also wanted to relieve Amber from the death penalty. In a letter to the governor, he had said that Amber had faced a lot of problems in her childhood. Amber’s father used to beat her with sticks. But Amber suffered silently and was struggling with her identity. Amber was suffering from a disease called Gender Dysphoria.
