First Sex Change Ever Executed in United States Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing

 the death penalty is barbaric.  It is not a deterrent, it's a dog and pony show

No sympathy here for the mess in a dress other than the state shouldn't be murdering people,

two wrongs do not make a right, Mr. Stephen Lebert.

Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing https://news.yahoo.com/transgender-missouri-inmate-scheduled-executed-050118537.html

 

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was put to death Tuesday for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the U.S.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis. McLaughlin’s fate was sealed earlier Tuesday when Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined a clemency request.

McLaughlin spoke quietly with a spiritual adviser at her side as the fatal dose of pentobarbital was injected. McLaughlin breathed heavily a couple of times, then shut her eyes. She was pronounced dead a few minutes later.

“I am sorry for what I did,” McLaughlin said in a final, written, statement. “I am a loving and caring person.”