US carries out first execution of a transgender person

Amber McLaughlin, a transgender woman, was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday night in Bonne Terre, Missouri. This marks the first time a transgender person has been put to death in the United States. McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of murdering her ex-girlfriend, Beverly Guenther, in 2003. Guenther had sought a restraining order against McLaughlin, who had been stalking her. Guenther was raped and stabbed to death with a kitchen knife. Her body was dumped near the Mississippi river.