A US Marine facing trial for the murder of a Filipina transgender woman urged the Department of Justice on Monday to dismiss the case against him.

In a petition, the lawyer for Private First Class Joseph Pemberton argued that prosecutors did not present enough evidence to charge him with the killing of Jennifer Laude.

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