For the first time in the United States, a transgender woman has been executed. Amber M. died with a lethal injection in the US state of Missouri on Tuesday evening (local time). She was convicted of murdering and raping her ex-partner in 2006. A pardon was denied.
She is the first known transgender person to be executed in the United States, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center. Amber, who had been sentenced under her former name Scott M., was held in a men’s prison until the end.
All resources are exhausted
The 49-year-old had exhausted all legal remedies against the verdict, according to CNN and other US media, citing a statement from the law enforcement agency. Amber’s attorney had tried unsuccessfully until the last minute to persuade Missouri Governor Mike Parsons to pardon her. Parsons turned this down on Tuesday.
More than 1,500 people have been executed in the United States since the reintroduction of the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Source: Krone
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