Bulletin: Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton: "Mrs. Pemberton became emotional in court as she described her son as a good boy who could not have killed in cold blood. She said she cannot believe and still finds it impossible that her son is being tried for killing someone. She insisted her son is not a killer."...The defense will present its next witness next week. (CNN Phillippines);

"The defense panel in the Jennifer Laude murder case presented on Monday (August 17) prime suspect U.S. Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton's mother, Lisa Pemberton, as its first witness in the trial. Mrs. Pemberton became emotional in court as she described her  son as a good boy who could not have killed in cold blood. She said she cannot believe and still finds it impossible that her son is being tried for killing someone. She insisted her son is not a killer. She even brought with her 22 letters, mostly from relatives and friends, saying good things about her son, Joseph Scott. However, during the cross-examination, she admitted that she doesn't have personal knowledge of what happened because she wasn't in the country when the crime allegedly happened.........Pemberton's lawyer Rowena Garcia-Flores said Lisa will leave the country Tuesday (August 18). She was able to visit her son who is being held at Camp Aguinaldo. The defense will present its next witness next week."
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2015/08/17/US-Marine-Joseph-Scott-Pemberton-mom-transgender-Jennifer-Laude-murder-trial.html