The lawyer of US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton told state prosecutors during a preliminary hearing on Monday, October 27, there was no basis to charge him with murder. If prosecutors elevate the case to court, lawyer Rowena Flores said the murder charge should be reduced to homicide, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years. Murder carries a penalty of life imprisonment. Pemberton was last seen with transgender woman Jennifer Laude on October 11 who died by drowning. She was seen lifeless in a toilet with strangle marks on her neck, police said.
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