article_snippet: Laude's relatives said Laude's relatives had received a letter from the US Marine, who was 19 at the time of the killing, offering 21 million pesos ($468,000) in exchange for Laude's relatives approval to lower the charge .
article_snippet: But Laude's relatives said Laude's relatives had received a letter from the US Marine, who was 19 at the time of the killingthe killing, offering 21 million pesos ($468,000) in exchange for Laude's relatives approval to lower the charge from murder to homicide. '
article_snippet: No amount of money could pay for the years I spent raising my child,' Laude mother Julita Cabillan told reporters. '
article_snippet: What Laude's relatives did to my child was gruesome.
article_snippet: Just because Laude's relatives are poor doesn't mean Laude's relatives can't fight for justice.'
article_snippet: In rejecting the plea bargain offer made by Marine Joseph Pemberton (right) the victim's mother Julita Cabillan said: 'No amount of money could pay for the years I spent raising my child Pemberton, who had just finished training exercises between US and Philippine marines near Olongapo, checked into the motel with Ms Laude, aged 26, shortly after meeting her at a bar, prosecutors said.
article_snippet: Ms Laude said that, although Laude's family rejected the plea bargain offer, the plea bargain offer could be revived and introduced 'anytime' during the trial.
article_snippet: But lawyers for Ms Laude family accused de los Santos of promoting the plea bargain, and separately filed a request with the justice department on Monday asking for Ms Laude to be replaced.
article_snippet: The Philippine Star reported that Ms Laude had been considering the $500,000 offer from Marine Joseph Pemberton to downgrade the charges from murder to homicide. '
article_snippet: The difference here lies in the number of years,' lawyer Virgie Suarez, one of two private lawyers for the Laude family, told the paper.
article_snippet: Lawyer Harry Roque, the other private counsel of the Laude family, earlier told members of media that members of media position is non-negotiable.