Philippine Prosecutors Charge U.S. Marine with Murder as U.S. Insists on Keeping Custody under the Visiting Forces Agreement

On December 15, 2014, Philippine prosecutors found “probable cause” against U.S. Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, deciding that he used “treachery, abuse of superior authority and cruelty” against his alleged victim, Jennifer Laude, a 26-year-old transgender woman.