Attorneys for a transgender woman scheduled to be executed next month in Missouri are asking for clemency, in part because of her history of abuse and intellectual disability.
Amber McLaughlin, convicted of murdering her ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther in St. Louis County in 2003, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Jan. 3. On Tuesday, she submitted an application to Gov. Mike Parson asking for a commutation of her sentence.
In the application, McLaughlin’s attorneys point to reversals and unusual actions in her case.
