# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-01-04T16:24:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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Amber McLaughlin, a Missouri woman who was convicted of murder in St. Louis County, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening. 

McLaughlin, 49, was the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., according to the Associated Press.

The execution was the second in five weeks in Missouri.

McLaughlin was convicted of murdering and raping her ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther in 2003. Her execution was opposed by seven retired Missouri judges who argued in a letter to Gov. Mike Parson that the death sentence was handed down “via a flaw in Missouri’s capital sentencing scheme.” 

During the 2006 murder trial, the jury could not reach a decision on sentencing and rejected three of the aggravating circumstances prosecutors presented in arguing for the death penalty. The judge handed down the death sentence. Missouri and Indiana are the only two states that allow a judge to impose capital punishment when a jury cannot make a decision.

Head to the link in our bio to read what McLaughlin said in her final statement. 

#Missouri #LocalNews #MissouriExecution #AmberMcLaughlin #MONews

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