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Mass. Inmates Asks for Sex Change
AP via SFGate ^ | 6/26/7 | DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 06/26/2007 11:10:33 AM PDT by SmithL

BOSTON (AP) -- A trial that opened more than a year ago has become bogged down in Boston federal court. There have been hundreds of hours of testimony from witnesses, including 10 medical specialists paid tens of thousands of dollars. The judge himself even hired an expert to help him make sense of it all.

The question at the center of the case: Should a murderer serving life in prison get a sex-change operation at taxpayer expense?

The case of Michelle — formerly Robert — Kosilek is being closely watched across the country by advocates for other inmates who want to undergo a sex change. Transgender inmates in other states have sued prison officials, and not one has succeeded in persuading a judge to order a sex-change operation.

The Massachusetts Correction Department is vigorously fighting Kosilek's request for surgery, saying it would create a security nightmare and make Kosilek a target for sexual assault.

An Associated Press review of the case, including figures obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and interviews, found that the Correction Department and its outside health care provider have spent more than $52,000 on experts to testify about an operation that would cost about $20,000.

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have spent more than $52,000 on experts to testify about an operation that would cost about $20,000

I'm sure that someone in the prison system can do it for much less money.

1 posted on 06/26/2007 11:10:35 AM PDT by SmithL
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Only in MA my FRiends, only in MA would this idiot bog down the court system with this BS.............let me near him, I’ll take care of his problem in 5 minutes and I won’t charge anyone a dime..........


2 posted on 06/26/2007 11:16:22 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (HEY JORGE, SHUT UP AND BUILD THE BLEEPING FENCE, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.)
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ok...we’ll foot the bill for only the first half of the surgery


3 posted on 06/26/2007 11:16:32 AM PDT by stylin19a (Since bad golf shots come in groups of 3, a 4th bad shot is the start of the next group of 3)
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The case of Michelle — formerly Robert — Kosilek is being closely watched across the country

I bet this person is someone's, we all know what and
michelle — formerly robert — kosilek wants relief for
another private part.
I'm certain the media will not make light of this, so
thus we have michelle — formerly robert — kosilek attempting
to escape some of the punishment found in prison.
I vote no for this person's relief effort.

4 posted on 06/26/2007 11:17:07 AM PDT by From One - Many (Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
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To: stylin19a

Why not a surgical full castration and make a eunuch out of this person


5 posted on 06/26/2007 11:19:39 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: SmithL

So he wants to join the d1ckle$$ ranks of Kennedy and Kerry?


6 posted on 06/26/2007 11:20:14 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (I buy gas for my SUV with the Carbon Offsets I sell on Ebay!)
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Should a murderer serving life in prison get a sex-change operation at taxpayer expense?

Tell me again why I should hold out hope for our society?

7 posted on 06/26/2007 11:20:49 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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Sounds like a pretty good scheme —

Steve insists on becoming Eve and then argues in court that “she” shouldn’t be held responsible for crimes committed by Steve.

8 posted on 06/26/2007 11:21:39 AM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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Kosilek, 58, was convicted of strangling his wife in 1990. He claimed he killed her in self-defense after she spilled boiling tea on his genitals.

Had his wife been as creative as Lorena Bobbitt, she would not be dead, he would not be in prison and everyone would be happy.

9 posted on 06/26/2007 11:26:39 AM PDT by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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I'm certain the media will not make light of this, so thus we have michelle — formerly robert — kosilek attempting to escape some of the punishment found in prison. I vote no for this person's relief effort.

A Number 13 rubber stopper and some Crazy Glue would have solved those problems for a Dollar.

10 posted on 06/26/2007 11:35:56 AM PDT by Gorzaloon (Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
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To: vetsvette

You have a great point and since this “event” is in Boston, not so ridiculous as it sounds.


11 posted on 06/26/2007 11:37:26 AM PDT by caisson71
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To: SmithL

There’s

GOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTA

be better ways to relieve bordom!


12 posted on 06/26/2007 11:41:14 AM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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"What's a gal gotta do around this place to get noticed?!"


13 posted on 06/26/2007 11:46:24 AM PDT by avacado
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Department and its outside health care provider have spent more than $52,000 on experts to testify about an operation that would cost about $20,000.

$52K for one precedent establishing case, vs. $20K each for countless procedures which will easily translate into millions a year.

Duh.
14 posted on 06/26/2007 11:47:43 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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Suspect that Kosilek is the bitch babe on his cellblock enough that he figures if he’s performing as a woman he might as well be a woman.


15 posted on 06/26/2007 11:48:59 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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"have spent more than $52,000 on experts to testify about an operation that would cost about $20,000 I'm sure that someone in the prison system can do it for much less money.:

LOL! Well, if the guy is gonna be Bubba's girlfriend, he might as well be equipped to be Bubba's girlfriend.

16 posted on 06/26/2007 11:49:51 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: HEY4QDEMS

Last year he threatened to kill himself if we didn’t pay. Go the bleep ahead!


17 posted on 06/26/2007 11:51:20 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: SmithL

How about an illegal alien meatcutter? I bet they are dirt cheap too.


18 posted on 06/26/2007 11:51:55 AM PDT by Eternal_Bear
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How is this even an issue? No taxpayer dollars for unneeded operations for convicted murderers.


19 posted on 06/26/2007 11:53:30 AM PDT by NapkinUser (Never trade your Skittles for a singing rabbit.)
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and we can save on hospital /surgical expense by using a small fragmentation grenade...

or tin-snips.
20 posted on 06/26/2007 11:53:34 AM PDT by stylin19a (Since bad golf shots come in groups of 3, a 4th bad shot is the start of the next group of 3)
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