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BuCor starts processing Pemberton release after DOJ transmits certificate of absolute pardon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUCoDVMHp8&feature=youtu.be   (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has already transmitted the certificate of absolute pardon for US serviceman Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton signed by President Rodrigo Duterte to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) which has already started processing his release. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra sent on Sept. 9 the certified true copy of the absolute pardon granted by President Duterte to Pemberton on Sept. 7 to BuCor Director General Undersecretary Gerald Bantag. […]

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Immigration bureau to deport Scott Pemberton after his release from prison

  (Eagle News)– The Bureau of Immigration will deport  US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton even if he was granted an absolute pardon by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said he already asked Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR) Director Gerald Bantag to turn Pemberton over to the bureau the moment he is released from prison so that the deportation order against him could be implemented. The order was issued by […]

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President Duterte explains why he granted “absolute pardon” to Pemberton

(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night, Sept. 7, explained why he granted absolute pardon to US marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberto, saying he believed the US soldier had not been treated fairly. Pemberton, who has been convicted for the killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude in 2014 when he was just 19 years old, was ordered released by an Olongapo regional trial court early this month after it ruled that […]

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