OLONGAPO CITY, Zambales: Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, the US Marine convicted of killing Filipino transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude in October 2014, sought to post bail but the judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) deferred her decision.

In a hearing on Thursday, RTC Branch 74 Presiding Judge Roline Ginez-Jabalde instead ordered the prosecution to submit a comment on the petition in 10 days.

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