The murder case of the filipina transexual Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude, involving US Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, will not really be resolved. Despite the assurances of US government and those representing the side of the accussed, real justice will not be had by the victim's side as the accussed will ever still remain in custody of the US government, not really experiencing the full effect of the sentencing of the Philippine court.
Bearing a parallelism with what had happened with rape case involving Suzette 'Nicole' Nicolas and Lance Corporal Daniel Smith back in 2006 and 2009, there may be some efforts of cooperation from the side of the accussed, but in the end, Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton will still be shielded by the US government, quietly citing that all their actions are valid as is indicated in the VFA between the US and Philippine governments.
There will be a lot of clamor for the scrapping or at least the revision of the VFA, and it will even be the subject of a senate inquiry, but it will remain pretty much intact and in effect.
