Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the US, has asked Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson to spare her.
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Missouri is scheduled to carry out first US execution of an openly transgender person today
Missouri on Tuesday is scheduled to execute Amber McLaughlin, a transgender woman convicted of a 2003 murder, who has sought clemency from the governor in part because the jury at her trial did not vote for a death sentence.
