Amber McLaughlin

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First transgender inmate Amber McLaughlin executed in the US (Irish Mirror)

The Missouri prisoner was put to death for a 2003 killing.

McLaughlin was convicted of first-degree murder in 2006. After they stopped dating, McLaughlin would show up at the suburban St Louis office where the 45-year-old Guenther worked, sometimes hiding inside the building, according to court records. McLaughlin spoke quietly with a spiritual adviser at her side as the fatal dose of pentobarbital was injected. McLaughlin began transitioning about three years ago at the state prison in Potosi. "I am a loving and caring person." All but 17 of those put to death were men.

Who was Amber McLaughlin? The first transgender woman ... (WION)

Why did Amber McLaughlin got executed? McLaughlin was convicted of first-degree murder in 2006 in the killing of Beverly Guenther, and a judge sentenced her to ...

According to a database maintained by the anti-execution Death Penalty Information Center, 1,558 people have been executed since the death penalty was reinstated in the mid-1970s. McLaughlin was convicted of first-degree murder in 2006 in the killing of Beverly Guenther, and a judge sentenced her to death after the jury deadlocked on its sentencing decision. McLaughlin was in a relationship with a woman, Beverly Guenther before her transition into a transgender woman. However, McLaughlin's sexual orientation was "not the main focus" of her clemency request, according to her attorney, Larry Komp. McLaughlin breathed heavily a couple of times, then shut her eyes. This is the first-ever execution of a transgender in the U.S. According to Komp, Missouri and Indiana are the only states where a judge can sentence someone to death. “McLaughlin is a violent criminal,” Parson said in a statement Tuesday. Know everything about McLaughlin and the 2003 case. Amber McLaughlin was found guilty of stalking and killing a former girlfriend before disposing of her body near the Mississippi River in St. On Tuesday evening, 3rd January, Missouri witnessed the execution of the first transgender woman in the U.S. Know about the 2003 case

Amber McLaughlin: First transgender inmate executed in the US (Sunday World)

A Missouri inmate was put to death on Tuesday for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the US.

McLaughlin was convicted of first-degree murder in 2006. After they stopped dating, McLaughlin would show up at the suburban St Louis office where the 45-year-old Guenther worked, sometimes hiding inside the building, according to court records. McLaughlin began transitioning about three years ago at the state prison in Potosi. McLaughlin spoke quietly with a spiritual adviser at her side as the fatal dose of pentobarbital was injected. All but 17 of those put to death were men. “I am a loving and caring person.”

Amber McLaughlin's final words revealed before she became first ... (Daily Mail)

Amber McLaughlin, 49, spoke quietly with a spiritual adviser at her side as she was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of stalking and killing former ...

Kevin Johnson was put to death in November for the ambush killing of a Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer. A day later, McLaughlin led police to a location near the Mississippi River in St. The only woman ever executed in Missouri was Bonnie B. Heady was executed in the gas chamber, side by side with the other kidnapper and killer, Carl Austin Hall. The Army agreed to pay for hormone treatments for Manning in 2015. McLaughlin was convicted of first-degree murder in 2006. She was released in May of 1997 In 2003, long before transitioning, McLaughlin was in a relationship with Beverly Guenther. [Missouri](/news/missouri/index.html) inmate was convicted of stalking and killing former girlfriend Beverly Guenther, then dumping the body near the [Mississippi](/news/mississippi/index.html) River in St. A jury deadlocked on the sentence, but a judge sentenced McLaughlin to death in 2006. The State of Missouri will carry out McLaughlin's sentence according to the Court's order and deliver justice.' It also cited severe depression that resulted in multiple suicide attempts, both as a child and as an adult.

Amber McLaughlin becomes first transgender woman to be ... (Evening Standard)

The 49-year-old was on death row in a prison in Missouri for killing a former girlfriend in 2003 in St Louis.

“I am sorry for what I did,” McLaughlin said in a final, written, statement. Ms Hicklin won the lawsuit in 2018 and became a mentor to other transgender inmates, including McLaughlin. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has estimated there are 3,200 transgender inmates in the nation's prisons and jails. Ms Guenther obtained a restraining order, and police officers occasionally escorted her to her car after work. [Missouri](/topic/missouri) for killing a former girlfriend in 2003 in [St Louis](/topic/st-louis) - a crime she was convicted for in 2006. The death penalty is legal in many US states but in 2022 was only practised in Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

Amber McLaughlin, Missouri death row inmate, 1st transgender ... (WLS-TV)

The Missouri execution involving Amber McLaughlin in the fatal stabbing of Beverly Guenther was the 1st involving a transgender woman in the US.

Kevin Johnson was put to death in November for the ambush killing of a Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer. Heady was executed in the gas chamber, side by side with the other kidnapper and killer, Carl Austin Hall. The Army agreed to pay for hormone treatments for Manning in 2015. Perhaps the best-known case of a transgender prisoner seeking treatment was that of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who served seven years in federal prison for leaking government documents to Wikileaks until President Barack Obama commuted the sentence in 2017. She won the lawsuit in 2018 and became a mentor to other transgender inmates, including McLaughlin. In 2015, the U.S. "If you ever talked to her, it was always with the dad jokes." Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Komp said Missouri and Indiana are the only states that allow a judge to sentence someone to death. McLaughlin began transitioning about three years ago, according to Jessica Hicklin, who spent 26 years in prison for a drug-related killing before being released a year ago. But McLaughlin's sexual identity was "not the main focus" of the clemency request, her attorney, Larry Komp, said. It cited severe depression that resulted in multiple suicide attempts, both as a child and as an adult.