Missouri Executes Amber McLaughlin, First Trans Woman Ever Put to Death in the U.S.
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Not even a full 72 hours into 2023, the state of Missouri carried out the first execution by a state this year. Missouri executed Amber McLaughlin—the first ever transgender prisoner put to death in U.S. history—by lethal injection.