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[Male Reporter] Witnesses said a white man

with a Marine haircut met Jeffrey Laude,

who was dressed as a woman

at a nightclub in Olongapo City on Saturday night.

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[Female Reporter] The body of 26-year-old Laude

was found in this hotel in Olongapo City.

American troops there were on a break

from military exercises for the Philippines.

[Meredith] I first learned about Jennifer Laude

through social media.

I felt a connection to her immediately,

just as a Filipino trans woman.

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[Reporter] Reports out of the Philippines

say the Marine and the victim met in a nightclub.

The two left the club with one of Jennifer's friends

and went to a hotel where they were

captured by security cameras.

Three other Marines are being questioned

as possible witnesses.

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She was just a very natural person.

She was a very giving person.

She was kind, friendly to everyone, open-minded.

She was just trying to live a very normal life.

This is not an isolated case.

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From day one that we handled this case,

we already know the Laudes' situation.

That's the very reason why Harry and I

offered our services pro bono.

If you don't have money, you don't have access to justice.

What kind of a self-respecting country can we be

if we cannot even implement our laws

when they are breached in our territory

and when a victim is a Filipino?

You know, I ask you one thing.

For who it is more fun in the Philippines

for the Philippine people or for the U.S. soldiers,

who having everything they want with no response taken,

and for the cheapest money they can get?

That's all I wanted to say about that.

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- Can you hear me? - Yes, I can hear you.

[Meredith] I guess a good place to start

would be to ask you how your relationship began.

[Marc] You know, love on the first sight

is something which I have considered unrealistic.

But she was even more adorable, natural person when we met

and after three, four days,

it was clear for me that this was the person of my life.

[Meredith] What do you think happened that night?

The only person who could tell us

what was her intention to be there that evening

is Jennifer herself.

Unlike other ladyboys probably have to work

that way every night, she had different chances than that.

Whatever she did to end up there,

it has nothing to do with what happened inside.

Simply nothing.

You know, she was killed on the 11th of October.

October 1, we got the confirmation

that her visa is granted.

Here in Germany, the official wedding date was set.

Her wedding dress was bought already.

We are just inches away to make

our both dream of life come true.

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How the killing of a trans Filipina woman

ignited an international incident.

On October 11 of last year,

the U.S. Marines stationed aboard the USS Peleliu

got their first night of liberty

after their Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship

docked in Subic Bay.

Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton,

a 19-year-old from New Bedford, Massachusetts,

eagerly disembarked with his battle buddies

Bennett Dahl, Daniel Pulido, and Jairn Rose.

Jennifer first left her apartment

with her friend, Jamille.

They took a tricycle to Ambyanz Nightclub

and arrived there at approximately 10:30.

[Meredith] The club was a frequent hangout

for sex workers known as Pocahontases,

a riff on pok-pok, a Tagalog term for slut,

which also alludes to the former colonizers

who often patronize them.

The most dogged of these women,

those who quickly latch onto the arms

of the men pouring off the ships,

are usually transgender.

But the foreign soldiers rarely learned that.

Approximately at 10:45,

Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton

entered Ambyanz with three other Marines.

[Meredith] The women had been working

since the soldiers went on liberty that afternoon.

And by 10:45, when Laude met Pemberton,

she'd already been with three clients.

"Jennifer was exhausted," said another friend Charis.

"We work as hard as we can when the soldiers are here."

Within a few minute of meeting,

Pemberton and Laude left for the Celzone Lodge,

a motel across the street,

accompanied by Laude's friend, Barbie Gelviro.

According to Elias, the cashier bellboy,

Pemberton, Jennifer, and Barbie

entered Celzone Lodge at approximately 11:05 p.m.

Elias assigned them room number one.

[Meredith] Gelviro stayed with the couple for a minute

to help negotiate a rate.

Laude suggested 5,000 pesos,

but Pemberton only wanted to pay 1,000, about $25.

Laude, nervous that Pemberton might discover

the girls were trans, quickly agree to the lower rate

and rushed her friend out of the room.

About 30 minutes after the group

had arrived at the motel,

Pemberton casually walked out of his room alone,

leaving the door slightly ajar behind him.

He seemed unperturbed as he passed the front desk

and walked down the steps into the night.

His curfew was rapidly approaching

and he and his shipmates needed to return together.

Elias expected that Jennifer would shortly follow.

But 15 minutes have passed, no one came out of the room.

As they were about to go to sleep,

Pemberton approached Rose

and asked to talk to him in private.

They walked over to the front of the ship

far from human ears,

with only the ocean and the sky to listen.

Pemberton said that he saw it had a dick.

He told Rose he got so angry,

that he choked it from behind.

"I think I killed a he-she," Pemberton said.

The medical report would show that Jennifer

died of asphyxia due to strangulation and drowning

and the same is reflected in her death certificate.

Her entire back was black and blue.

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In so far as the citizenry,

the Filipino citizenry is concerned,

this is duly served.

The notice is duly served to the person of Pemberton.

You cannot help this case.

You cannot help the Laudes.

If you just know things about the killing,

if you just know things about the murder

because it's not a simple case of murder.

At the police station, then I will have to

check it one-by-one against...

The relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines

is really a relationship between

a colonizer and a colony or a neo-colony.

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[Film Narrator] This is the story of the Philippines,

a nation of islands on the eastern rim

of the vast Pacific Ocean.

Discovered over 400 years ago by the explorer Magellan,

the Philippines were ruled by the Spaniards

for more than 200 years.

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We are a colony of the United States.

We were purchased allegedly, from Spain.

We were said to have been granted independence.

But in exchange, we've had to agree

that U.S. bases will remain in the Philippines.

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The VFA stands for Visiting Forces Agreement.

This VFA really comes into play in this case

because it reads about how the Philippines

should treat the U.S. soldiers.

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[Film Narrator] What exactly is legal hold?

It may be one of the best things we have in the Philippines.

Legal hold means that if you're charged with a crime

under local laws, you'll be turned over to U.S. authorities

rather than left in a local lock-up.

Put it this way,

it would be unthinkable for a foreign soldier

to commit murder in America

and not be apprehended by U.S. police

and not be tried by U.S. courts.

But what's happened in this case

is we have an instance where an American Marine

committed a non-service related offense.

Number one, he remains in the custody

of American soldiers.

Number two, he was never physically investigated

by Philippine authorities.

Number three, his attendance in court proceedings

is a matter of cooperation with American authorities

rather than as part of mandatory judicial proceedings.

With the VFA, it's like

the Filipinos are being served on a silver platter.

Here are the Philippines, kill them.

Here are the Filipinas, rape them.

Because even if you are convicted,

your custody will be transferred to the U.S. Embassy;

it's like you're free.

[Female Reporter] It's a wrap for U.S. President Barack Obama.

The U.S. reached a 10-year defense deal

to allow more U.S. troops in the Philippines.

As the U.S. is now trying even to expand

its presence in the Philippines

through the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement,

the bigger question is, "What's in it for the Filipinos?"

To our Filipino Armed Forces,

thank you for being such an outstanding ally.

God bless the Republic of the Philippines.

God bless the United States of America.

God bless the alliance between our great nations.

Thank you.

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I mean, that is really not only unjust

to the family of Laude,

but also unjust to the Filipino people.

Let me see the documents.

The entire documents are in there.

The report is very frustrating.

Yeah, was taken by the Americans.

Remember our Filipino police authorities

was unable to get the KamaSutra condom wrapper.

Yeah, it was only the American authorities,

the NCIS agent who got hold the condom,

the KamaSutra condom wrapper,

not our authorities.

That is very interesting to me.

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In my family, I'm the only one who's able to finish college.

My father is a tricycle driver

and my mother does not have regular work.

He's a typical father

who thinks that daughters need not go to college.

After all, they'll just get married.

I was telling myself, "No, I have to finish.

"I have to reach college.

I have to be able to do something to help the family."

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A lot of people would think that murder is always premeditated.

There are other two elements:

the abuse of superior strength and the cruelty.

That's the reason why they had been saying that

after all Jennifer is a trans, but he is still a man.

The Marines, you know, yes they have training.

But they only spend a few hours

in actual military training.

That is to weaken

our allegation that there is some kind of abuse

of superior strength.

Definitely there is no doubt that a Marine, an elite force,

certainly has the superior strength

over every other individual.

Because if not, what difference does a U.S. Marine soldier make?

If, in this case,

Pemberton gets convicted and then after that,

he will be incarcerated not in the Philippines.

My goodness, that will all the more show

how lopsided this VFA agreement is.

Jennifer is dead.

Nothing can beat that, nothing can change that.

Jennifer is dead.

Who killed Jennifer?

A lot of evidence points to Pemberton.

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Woo, good job!

What else do you wanna sing?

You wanna do Lady Gaga?

Sure.

[Meredith] "Poker Face", "Born This Way".

Yeah, I like "Poker Face".

When did you arrive?

I can't even remember anymore.

Oh, I didn't tell the Laudes that you interview...

Just actually not thinking not in terms.

You were just like catch up with Jamille, Charis and Barbie.

[Naomi] What's she doing now?

- What is she doing? - She's still in Olongapo.

She doing the same thing.

They call it freelancing.

I think they're still in a lot of ways

processing what happened.

It's the same thing where they have to deal

with their feelings and their fears.

I know that you did attend one of the...

The hearings in Congress or in the Senate.

There's been a lot of movement towards

getting an exhumation order.

They both have this.

Every time the lawyers who's cosponsoring their bills now,

would mention they're doing that for Jennifer Laude.

It's really nice.

This issue put the spotlight on our community.

We actually consider this a watershed moment

in the history of the Philippine transgender movement

because for the first time, people are seeing us.

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Transgender people have always been part

of the history of this country

and that goes back through Pre-Colonial times.

We saw that in the Babaylan Chronicles,

which are documents written by Spanish priests.

They took note of male-bodied people

who carried themselves as women.

The work as spiritual leaders of their communities

were known as the Babaylan.

There's always a sermon.

The establishment of religion

were so that my kind of people

were slowly pushed into the margins of society.

How the church vanquished the Babaylan or the Shaman,

it had to make the Babaylan somewhat scary

so called her a witch and a swine.

We were othered by the church.

Our bodies are not acceptable.

Our identities are not acceptable.

We've been forced to be part of niche industries

like the beauty industry or the sex industry.

The transgender movement itself has to work.

They eradicate the notion that you need

to sell your body in order to survive.

In the meantime, a lot of my trans friends

are actually doing sex work.

They're saying that it's survival sex work

and I completely understand that.

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Your first time in a foreign country

can be quite an ordeal if you let it.

Here in the Philippines, you'll find a lifestyle

that's different from life in America.

With a little knowledge of what this assignment is like

before you get there though,

it can be a richly-rewarding experience.

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[Naomi] We know for a fact that whenever

there's increased military presence in a certain country,

it always encourages the selling of bodies for sexual services.

It encourages the exploitation of women,

girls, female identified.

So that includes transgender women.

If you're a trans woman, all the doors close to you.

I mean...

You're not welcome to certain establishments.

You're discriminated in school.

You're discriminated at work.

You're discriminated in public

and even in your private life.

Whether or not Jennifer Laude was a sex worker

is something that only Jennifer Laude can answer.

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[Female Reporter] The U.S. serviceman accused

of killing transgender woman, Jennifer Laude,

faces prosecutors as his trial begins today.

Pemberton's lawyers didn't confirm

whether their client will take the witness stand

or if a plea bargain agreement is being considered.

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[Meredith] There are many differences in our lives,

but the one thing we do have in common

is that trans experience.

If the circumstances were different,

our lives could've totally been reversed

and I could be in her situation.

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She had this sort of like habit of putting her arm around me

and we were to talk confidentially together.

In a way, I am kind of a manifestation of

what she hoped for Jennifer.

That I'm the person who is trans,

who has moved to a foreign country

and has made a good life for myself.

She would say something like, "You'd be even more beautiful

if you put on more makeup like Jennifer."

She also called me Ganda.

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[Male Reporter] A day before testifying

in the Olongapo Regional Trial Court,

Lisa Pemberton visited her youngest son,

Lance Corporal Joseph Pemberton.

Very difficult.

He's always been our angel.

I know Joseph would rather die for his country

than be in this situation.

[Male Reporter] Mrs. Pemberton denies her son

is angry with members of the gay community.

She explains Joseph has been exposed to the issue

since he grew up with a sister

who was a member of the LGBT community.

His own sister is lesbian, getting married next month.

He was supposed to be the best man in the wedding.

[Male Reporter] She says she can empathize

with the Laude family for the loss of their loved one.

I feel very sorry for their loss

and what they've [sniffs] had to go through.

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In this case, there's a 30-minute gap

wherein the room where Laude was, was totally unsecured.

We cannot say that

it was Pemberton who killed Laude.

When he left Laude in the bathroom, Laude was still alive.

So, now, since Laude's dead, probably the question is,

"Who killed Laude?"

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Obviously there's somebody on the internet

who's invested in humanizing him in that specific way

and he's presenting him as this all-American guy,

which he is, he has that image.

They know he's from New Bedford.

Pemberton's sister is a lesbian,

so he's not antipathetic towards LGBT people.

Rather than this Marine

who is raised in a culture of LGBT phobia,

it makes him more complex than that.

There's also a lot invested in making

Joseph Scott Pemberton into this monster.

Even if somebody is out really thinking

that they don't have these views against trans people,

especially trans women.

There's all of this sort of like surrounding

environmental and societal messages they're receiving

that would lead them to these types of actions.

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Still in the Philippines, the camp of the slain

transgender Filipina, Jennifer Laude,

denied reports that they are pushing for a deal

for 38 million pesos and six U.S. Visas

in exchange for dropping the murder case

against U.S. Marine, Joseph Scott Pemberton.

The denial followed reports that Pemberton's lawyer,

Rowena Flores, received new demands from the Laudes family

in exchange for dropping the case.

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- Hey. - I don't really care

that much what happens to Pemberton because, you know,

I accept that what will happen to Pemberton is a

political decision.

But what I can't accept is

that the further humiliation of the family,

the further disrespect, the further dishonoring on Jennifer

because she was not political.

Pemberton probably is political, but Jennifer never was.

It was never her intention

to be part of any political crap like this.

[Male Reporter] For the first time since being accused

in the killing of Filipino transgender

Jennifer Laude, October 11, 2014,

U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Pemberton

testified in court as a defense witness

in his own murder trial.

Thinking they were real women,

he said he accepted their offer of checking in

at the Celzone Lodge Motel to have paid sex.

Barbie performed oral sex on Pemberton

then immediately left the room.

After a few minutes, Jennifer did the same to Pemberton.

But when he wanted more, he was surprised to find out

Jennifer was also a man like himself.

He said he felt that he was being raped.

He was so repulsed and so disgusted

because he did not give his consent

to allow a man to do that to him.

[Atty. Filemon Javier] Pemberton acted only in defense

of his life and honor.

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The verdict is expected tomorrow, the Laude murder case.

If it is a conviction, the Olongapo Court

will have to determine where U.S. Marine serviceman

Joseph Scott Pemberton will be detained.

We are confident that the court will acquit our client.

We believe there is reasonable doubt.

Barbie was not an eyewitness.

She didn't see anybody killed.

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Harry will no longer come here.

He'll go stay with the church.

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- Justice for Laude! - Justice for Laude!

- Justice for Laude! - Justice for Laude!

- Justice for Laude! - Justice for Laude!

We are an independent country.

Therefore, he should be detained in a Philippine jail.

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Oh my goodness.

This is not the voice of complete justice,

but we had to recognize that there is victory here.

He's considered a national prisoner.

[Male Reporter] Pemberton was surrounded

by two layers of security.

In the inner circle are US servicemen,

while in the outer circle are Philippine authorities.

[Male Reporter] Just want to get permission from a source

present in the courtroom that the court has called

for a session to hear the motion of the defense

to satisfy the order of the court.

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Did the verdict surprise you at all in any way?

You know, it not surprises me.

For me, it was very clear form the beginning that

Pemberton would not serve any day in Philippine trial

whatever counts.

What is the reason to give him a special treatment?

No one else in the world would get...

Obviously the reason is that they know whatever they do

is setting a precedent and they don't want to be put

in a position where American military service members

are in danger when they're overseas.

And so, they're not going to be able to guarantee

his safety in Philippine prison.

If you go to jail in America

regardless of your nationality or whatever,

you go to a regular jail, you don't get a special treatment.

You have to pay the consequence on what you did.

Referring to the location and the law you are under.

Hello!

Then tomorrow, we'll be filing a criminal case

in disobedience through unlawful order of the court.

Then we're planning to file a petition.

Even assuming there is superior strength,

abuse should be proved.

'Cause there's no second degree murder.

- In the Philippines, yeah. - In the Philippines,

which is really weird to me.

Because I think usually in the states

for it to be first degree murder,

it has to be premeditated.

That's true.

So, that's sort of a... Yeah, and it's weird.

Does manslaughter exist in the Philippine?

- No, it's doesn't. - No?

But again, the way the judge wrote the verdict

was such that she was giving all these excuses

in the guise of mitigating circumstances saying,

"Well, he was drunk.

"It was like a crime of passion,

so we can forgive him for that."

It was crazy.

After the verdict was read,

then the Americans refused to give him up to the local police.

It kinda shows that the Americans aren't

running everything.

It's not completely orchestrated then.

Oh please Meredith, come on.

Of course they were running the show.

- I just mean... - That was how I felt.

I mean, the DOJ's, I'm sure it [crosstalk].

All I mean is that it was a surprise

to the Americans that the order was for

him to go to Bilibid.

That's like a capitulation on the part of the judge

because when it was read and the verdict was read,

we felt like the judge was keeping both parties happy.

She convicted him of a crime that was

of a lower degree than murder

when it was so clear as daylight that it was freakin' murder.

The fact that they weren't prepared

for the custody thing to happen

was really fascinating to me from a journalistic perspective.

I would ask you to do some research of that notion

because America as a superpower is in control of this.

I'm so happy that I'm having this conversation with you

because now as an American person

who has Filipino lineage,

you have your foot on the Philippines

and your foot in America.

You are now in a position to tell this story

and to be honest about any court power relations

between our countries.

That's really the culprit, it all goes back to that.

Jennifer's death is a result

of continued American imperialism in the Philippines.

There is no denying that.

Yeah.

At 5:30 tonight, a New Bedford Marine in jail

for killing a transgender Filipino

is asking a judge to overturn his conviction.

The court will start to hear of Pemberton's appeal

on Thursday.

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The aftermath of a U.S. Marine's conviction

in the death of a Philippine trans woman.

It's close to midnight in early December

on Waterfront Road in Olongapo, Philippines.

Dimly lit by yellow tungsten lamps,

women's figures in tight clothing walk down the street,

shadows covering their faces.

U.S. service members used to be able to roam around the area

outside the former base during their leisure time.

But since Laude's death last year,

the U.S. Military has confined service members

to the feed port.

A young woman with hair halfway down her back

walks alone in Waterfront.

Her figure is slim and taller

than most of the girls on the street.

"I take my customers here," as she gestures

towards the darkness beyond the road.

Roseanne claims she's 17,

but her voice hasn't noticeably dropped.

Even though Pemberton killed Laude

after finding out she was trans,

Roseanne insists that she needs to keep

her transgender status from U.S. service members

who pay her for sex.

[Meredith] In the verdict's aftermath, local officials

and residents are eager for U.S. troops to come back

and bring money into the city as they once did.

[Meredith] Locals have even accused the Laudes of being

selfish by not settling the case early.

By having gone to trial,

the liberty privileges for U.S. troops remain suspended,

which in turn has directly led to hundreds,

if not thousands of locals losing their sources of income.

Just imagine some businessman lose about 20 million pesos

in business opportunities because Americans are not having

their liberty or their rest and recreational activities.

"We expect liberty will resume

now that Pemberton has been convicted," Cortez says.

Jennifer's mother, Julita Laudes,

sits on her brown-floral print couch.

Despite the conviction, she is far from satisfied.

[Meredith] Other locals express a mixture of sympathy

and rejection when it comes to the presence

of transgender sex workers in Olongapo.

A souvenir vendor on Waterfront Road

says that he is indifferent to the Pemberton verdict

and wishes only that full liberty would resume,

so that ordinary people in Olongapo can have income.

[Meredith] Down the street, a female bystander

sitting on a nearby park bench shouts back,

"Transgenders need to be kicked out of Olongapo."

Another taxi driver replies,

"Their words hurt too much.

Those are our fellow Filipinos."

Roseanne is worried about people identifying her

and finding out she's a sex worker.

Her mother is not aware she is doing sex work.

According to the young woman,

she thinks I'm just looking for a handsome boyfriend

who'll take me to America.

As Roseanne continues to roam the streets

of Olongapo at night, she has to believe

that she will encounter men like Jennifer's fiancé

and not a man like the kind who ended Jennifer's life.

I think all the Filipinos wanted to have that big change.

I think he's the number one candidate

who's running for presidency.

I know he can do what he promise

that substantial changes will happen the next six months.

[Female Reporter] The headline confirms it:

Rodrigo Duterte will be

the new president of the Philippines.

[Male Reporter] He captured domestic and international

attention with speeches peppered with obscene jokes

about sex and rape

and for undiplomatic remarks about some key players

in the country's politics including Australia,

the United States and China.

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America, prepare to leave the Philippines.

Prepare for the event to a repeal

for the abrogation of the visiting of this country.

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On this day two years ago, transgender woman Jennifer Laude

was found dead in a motel room in Subic, Zambales.

Now U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton

was found guilty of killing Laude

is detained in a facility in Quezon City.

[Male Reporter] Behind this fence is a detention facility

for Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton.

No movement can be detected in the facility.

Space between the two cargo containers

converted into rooms is covered with tarpaulin.

Guards from the Bureau of Corrections

manning the facility are nowhere in sight.

The Court of Appeal still has to rule on Pemberton's appeal.

The Laude family continues to seek justice for Jennifer.

The family would like to put an end to this case also.

Because for as long as there is an appeal,

the appeal prolongs their agony.

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The U.S. Government's position

is they will pay if there's finality to the case.

Finality meant Pemberton should be allowed

to go back to the United States.

This was a very clear instance

where the U.S. Government took advantage of poverty

in attempting to release

one of their Marines from incarceration

arising from a criminal conviction.

President Duterte is the very first president

that allocated for an independent foreign policy.

I stand solidly behind him that the presence

of US troops in the Philippines

is a blatant violation of our sovereignty.

It's a hold-over from the Colonial Times

and should finally end.

I am a president of a sovereign state

and we have long-ceased to be a colony.

[soft introspective music]

[Meredith] New England trip:

hot summer day, no one on the road.

Greek restaurant, regulars.

Are these people aware of who Joseph Scott Pemberton is?

Plan for today: go to Robin Street, home address.

It's at a curve in the road.

Simple-wooden fence, very modest house.

Working-class family.

Greater New Bedford Technical Vocational School,

far from the famous schools of Boston.

Boston: Harvard or MIT?

I wonder what this high school

taught Pemberton about LGBT people.

Cement grounds, uniform green grass.

Had Pemberton ever had a girlfriend before?

Fresh, unlike the salty air of Olongapo.

Joseph Scott Pemberton grew up close to the water

and dreamed of being some place open.

Isn't that why so many young men join the military?

Nancy, he did it.

He's guilty, that's it.

Let's think about forgiveness.

If he spends 30 years in jail,

he won't have any life left when he comes back.

Do you happen to live in New Bedford?

I'm doing a story about Joseph Scott Pemberton.

I just wonder if you've heard of the case.

I can see oil trails that remind me

of oil slicks in Olongapo.

[soft introspective music]

The president is winding up his trip to Asia

and the Philippines, his last stop,

before returning home tomorrow.

He appeared to give the country's leader

a pass on human rights.

President Trump grimaced through

the traditional Asia summit handshake,

but did not shy away from praising

controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte's accused of ordering death squads

style killings of thousands of Filipino drug dealers

and users without trial.

[Male Reporter] His troops have killed more than 7,000 people

since Duterte came into power.

But he's a potential ally in the region on North Korea.

The president's visit sparking protests.

Riot police using water cannons to disperse the crowds.

Mr. Trump winding down his Asian tour

with a toast and a tribute.

[Duterte vocalizing foreign language]

Duterte serenading the US Commander-in-Chief

with the lyrics, "You are the light in my world."

[crowd chanting] No VFA, no fascist U.S.A.

No Trump, no VFA, no fascist U.S.A.

No Trump, no VFA, no fascist U.S.A.

[somber orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[soft instrumental music]

♪ ♪

[Meredith] I was just thinking about

how important this spot has been

and how it was the focus in so much media

and, you know, sort of, Jennifer's death.

There's this weird surreal way we just imagined

these past two years.

What does it actually mean?

[soft orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[Naomi] I always get affected when I hear

of a trans person being murdered.

A year ago, I also lost a friend to violence.

She just become another statistic.

She had more than 20 stab wounds.

She was unrecognizable.

There is the lack of justice in many trans people's lives.

If members of our community are killed every day,

then there is no justice in the world.

[Virginia] If Pemberton is acquitted,

oh my goodness, that would really affect my whole belief

in this judicial, or legal system.

For me it's really more than Laude's case,

it's our sovereignty here.

It's our freedom here.

It's our right to determine our own path

without intervention of a foreign power.

[soft orchestral music]

[Meredith] My community has been ravaged

by violence consistently year after year.

Me continuing to do my work,

continuing to strive for justice and acceptance

is somehow a way to commemorate her.

[soft orchestral music]

["Sister Song" by Perfume Genius]

Subtitles by explosiveskull

♪ ♪

♪ Drive on, drive on ♪

♪ My special one ♪

♪ Don't you stop 'til you know you're gone ♪

♪ Your sister and me have a set of keys ♪

♪ Don't you worry your head 'bout a thing ♪

♪ Drive on, drive on ♪

♪ My special one ♪

♪ Don't you stop 'til you know you're gone ♪

♪ Drive on, drive on ♪

♪ My special one ♪

♪ Don't you stop 'til you know you're gone ♪

♪ Your sister and me will keep your place clean ♪

♪ So it shines when you finally come home ♪

♪ Drive on, drive on ♪

♪ My special one ♪

♪ Don't you stop 'til you know you're gone ♪

[soft soothing music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪