First publicly executed transgender person

By Naveen Jan 04, 2023

The state of Missouri executed Scott "Amber" McLaughlin by lethal injection on Tuesday evening.

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She became the first openly transgender person executed in the United States.

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McLaughlin, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:51 p.m.

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at Eastern Reception, at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Mo., after a failed bid for clemency the day before.

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McLaughlin apologized in her final, written statement sent to UPI by the Missouri Department of Corrections.

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McLaughlin's execution is the first in the United States this year.

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According to the Death Penalty Information Center, he is the first openly transgender person since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

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