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A California inmate managed to undergo sex-change surgery using taxpayers money due to policy pushed by former State Attorney General Kamala Harris. Skylar DeLeon, 45, started transitioning while behind bars after she was sentenced to death in 2009 for the murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks. DeLeon, who was born John Jacobson Jr, overpowered the couple on their 55ft yacht and tied them to the boat's anchor before throwing them overboard in 2004. During the trial of the former child actor, lawyers said that she did so to pay for a sex change - having forced the couple to sign...

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A judge sentenced a onetime child actor to death for murdering an Arizona couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard from their yacht off Southern California. Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank F. Fasel on Friday imposed the sentence recommended by the jury that convicted 29-year old Skylar Deleon of killing Tom and Jackie Hawks of Prescott, Ariz.

Defense Counsel Admits Client's Guilt in Opening Statement in Attempt to 'Save' Defendant, Former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Actor, From Death Penalty. Pohlson told a jury Tuesday that Skylar Deleon killed Arizona couple Tom and Jackie Hawkins, who were thrown off their yacht and bound to an anchor. He also killed another man he met in a work furlough program, Pohlson admitted. But the lawyer argued his client should not die for his crimes.