Federal Court Judge Will Decide Whether Sex Change Is Necessity or ChoiceWhen Michelle Kosilek was convicted of murder in 1993, she wasn't known as Michelle. She was Robert and was sentenced as Robert to life without the possibility of parole for strangling his wife. While in prison, Kosilek, a self-identified transgendered woman, legally changed her name. Later, Kosilek also had her gender condition recognized by the court. Now, Kosilek, 57, an inmate at a maximum security all-male prison in Norfolk, Mass., would like the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to pay for her sex-reassignment surgery. Today, many legal and medical experts...