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Transgender baby murderer freed from prison 30 years EARLY amid speculation Indiana state officials did not want to pay for cosmetic surgeries killer demand
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Posted on 04/13/2026 9:04:22 AM PDT by algore

A transgender baby killer was released from prison 30 years early after attempting to force authorities to use taxpayer money for gender-affirming surgeries.

Jonathan Richardson, who now uses the name Autumn Cordellione, was convicted in 2002 of murdering his 11-month-old stepdaughter by strangulation in a brutal killing.

Richardson tried for years to have the state of Indiana pay for his transgender surgeries, including demanding breast implants and a 'penile inversion' operation.

In September 2024, a court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the IDOC to provide the surgeries to Richardson, finding that denying the inmate constituted cruel and unusual punishment.

While prison officials have not yet commented on Richardson's release, the injunction led to speculation that the IDOC released the prisoner to avoid having to pay out for the expensive surgeries.

The inmate's lawsuit backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) made headlines in 2023 when he claimed he was subjected to unconstitutional 'cruel and unusual punishment' because the IDOC refused to use taxpayer funds to pay for his transgender surgeries.

The lawsuit included a list of demanded operations that Richardson described in a document as 'surgeries to reach my ideal self', including requesting a 'vagina', reports Reduxx.com.

Richardson also demanded breast implants, a brow lift, a brow reduction, a tummy tuck, gluteal implants (BBL), a uterus transplant, hair removal, and wigs.

Court records showed that Richardson later amended his demands to two surgeries - a 'penile inversion' operation and an orchiectomy to remove his testicles.

Richardson also launched a separate lawsuit in February 2024, suing a prison chaplain for banning him from wearing a prison hijab.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: autumncordellione; deathpenalty; indiana; jonathanrichardson
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Trust me, you do not want to see it's facebook photos which are at link.
1 posted on 04/13/2026 9:04:22 AM PDT by algore
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To: algore

If Indiana officials don’t know how to handle these demands the state is in worse shape than I thought.

It looks like the inmates really are running things in Indiana.


2 posted on 04/13/2026 9:10:17 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: algore

Tell the baby’s biological father and other family that the killer is out. Tell the black community that he called them the n word. Tell the people of Indianapolis that he’s trying to ban racing.


3 posted on 04/13/2026 9:12:49 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: algore

Step 1 remove testicles with pliers and wool shears.
Step 2 .45 caliber lobotomy.


4 posted on 04/13/2026 9:14:43 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: algore

Its time to bring back public hangings.


5 posted on 04/13/2026 9:15:55 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: algore

Further proof the aclu is literally a demonic organization.


6 posted on 04/13/2026 9:21:41 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: algore

What’s so hard about just saying NO?


7 posted on 04/13/2026 9:26:10 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: algore

Words spreads in the prison system, if this works, we will have more of it..................


8 posted on 04/13/2026 9:27:52 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: algore

They could have just given his cellmate Bubba a knife to perform the orchiectomy.


9 posted on 04/13/2026 9:30:03 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: JimRed

“What’s so hard about just saying NO?”

Utterly insane judicial system and judges won’t let them say “NO”.

Maybe this is what it finally takes for people to wake up to their tyrannical judicial system.


10 posted on 04/13/2026 9:31:32 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: JimRed

It’s a legitimate answer.


11 posted on 04/13/2026 9:34:47 AM PDT by greenbrier
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To: algore; woodpusher
In September 2024, a court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the IDOC to provide the surgeries to Richardson, finding that denying the inmate constituted cruel and unusual punishment.

Any judge who rules such a thing should be dragged off his bench and out into the street to be beaten to a pulp in front of the public.

These are evil judges, and the law should not protect them.

These judges should be sent to prison.

12 posted on 04/13/2026 9:35:22 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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Ugh, I made the mistake of going to the link.


13 posted on 04/13/2026 9:37:55 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: algore
Wait. You mean that, once again, our liberal bs policy of mollycoddling murderers is about to bite us? Again?

Folks, we need to recover sanity. We had justice in the 1950s. Try'em and fry'em. Idaho's moving in the right direction.

14 posted on 04/13/2026 9:39:33 AM PDT by LouAvul (I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6)
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To: algore

Looked for “The Bee” as the source.........


15 posted on 04/13/2026 9:40:27 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: algore

It is my observation that prisoners getting out early often have expensive medical issues that the state is required by law to treat.


16 posted on 04/13/2026 9:46:17 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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Should have been executed 29 years ago.


17 posted on 04/13/2026 9:53:20 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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He already spent 25 years in prison...30 to go.

Back to his freak world.

18 posted on 04/13/2026 9:56:03 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: algore

Sick. Indiana is just menntally ill as a culture. Stopped at a coffee shop there a year ago. Bunch of super obese lesbos with the pink hair, lip/nose/eyebrow rings, and the stank of sewer sweat were yapping at a table nearby. They were calling all the men in Indiana rapists, saying they’d never go on a date with any again. Lol, yeah right. No guy wants to hang with a bunch of stinky cows. They can do that on the farm for free down there. THey don’t need no help from those mentally ill creatures.


19 posted on 04/13/2026 10:07:07 AM PDT by Battlestar (Tired of transgenders, drug addicts, and mentally ill taking over our streets, schools, government)
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To: JimRed

From the article:

***In September 2024, a court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the IDOC to provide the surgeries to Richardson, finding that denying the inmate constituted cruel and unusual punishment.***


20 posted on 04/13/2026 10:09:10 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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