"The verdict on whether detained United States Marine
Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton murdered transgender Jeffrey
“Jennifer” Laude would be given on Dec. 1, instead of Nov. 24 as earlier
scheduled. Deputy City Prosecutor Misael Ladaga on Thursday said Pemberton’s
lawyers filed a motion in court requesting for the postponement of the
promulgation on Nov. 24, prompting Judge Roline Ginez-Jabalde of
Regional Trial Court Branch 74 here to reset it a week later. “The resetting [of the promulgation] was at the instance of the
defense. Allegedly the three counsels of Pemberton are not available on
Nov. 24, so it is now Dec. 1,” said lawyer Virgie Suarez, private
counsel of the Laude family................ Pemberton was charged with murder on Dec. 15 last year after
government prosecutors, headed by City Prosecutor Emily Fe de los
Santos, found probable cause to pursue the criminal complaint filed by
the Laude family.