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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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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: freakofnature; homosexualagenda; massholes; yourtaxdollarsatwork
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have spent more than $52,000 on experts to testify about an operation that would cost about $20,000I'm sure that someone in the prison system can do it for much less money.
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:10:35 AM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
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..........
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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.)
To: SmithL
ok...we’ll foot the bill for only the first half of the surgery
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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)
To: SmithL
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.
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:17:07 AM PDT
by
From One - Many
(Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
To: stylin19a
Why not a surgical full castration and make a eunuch out of this person
To: SmithL
So he wants to join the d1ckle$$ ranks of Kennedy and Kerry?
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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!)
To: SmithL
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?
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:20:49 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: SmithL
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.
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:21:39 AM PDT
by
vetsvette
(Bring Him Back)
To: SmithL
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.
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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.)
To: From One - Many
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.
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:35:56 AM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
(Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
To: vetsvette
You have a great point and since this “event” is in Boston, not so ridiculous as it sounds.
To: SmithL
There’s
GOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTA
be better ways to relieve bordom!
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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)
To: SmithL
"What's a gal gotta do around this place to get noticed?!"
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:46:24 AM PDT
by
avacado
To: SmithL
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.
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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.)
To: SmithL
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.
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:48:59 AM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: SmithL
"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.
To: HEY4QDEMS
Last year he threatened to kill himself if we didn’t pay. Go the bleep ahead!
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:51:20 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: SmithL
How about an illegal alien meatcutter? I bet they are dirt cheap too.
To: SmithL
How is this even an issue? No taxpayer dollars for unneeded operations for convicted murderers.
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posted on
06/26/2007 11:53:30 AM PDT
by
NapkinUser
(Never trade your Skittles for a singing rabbit.)
To: rovenstinez
and we can save on hospital /surgical expense by using a small fragmentation grenade...
or tin-snips.
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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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