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A convicted killer wants a sex change operation -

From the AP

BOSTON - The new commissioner of the state's prison system said Tuesday he plans to re-examine the case of a convicted killer suing the Department of Correction to try to get a sex-change operation.
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DOC Commissioner Harold Clarke, who took over the department in November, said he has not decided yet whether to continue to fight Kosilek's request. "I need to take a look at the information presented before I arrived, and with a fresh set of eyes, closely scrutinize it," Clarke said after a status hearing on Kosilek's federal lawsuit.

Robert Kosilek was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, Cheryl, in 1990. Kosilek legally changed her name to Michelle in 1993 and has been living as a woman in an all-male prison in Norfolk.

Kosilek first sued the Department of Correction in 2000, claiming its refusal to pay for a sex-change operation violates her Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. . .

If it isn't Nutraloaf, its wanting a sex change, what will these prisoners think of next . . .

In 2002, U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ruled that prison officials had failed to adequately treat Kosilek's gender identity disorder, but he stopped short of ordering the state to allow the sex-change operation. . . . Kosilek, 58, sued again in 2005, saying the hormone treatments, laser hair removal and psychotherapy she has received since Wolf's 2002 ruling were not enough to relieve her anxiety and depression.

Awwww. Don't you feel sorry?

Even the experts don't agree. Some of the doctors "believe the surgery is medically necessary for Kosilek", others say he/she doesn't need the surgery. Kosilek twice tried to commit suicide in prison.

To me, this is not medically necessary under any circumstances. He/she's life is not in jeopardy if he doesn't completely become she - unless, of course, someone leaves some shoelaces laying around.

Again, here is another case of a prisoners rights being greater than the rights of the general public. If this smuck was doing the daily grind like the majority of us, he/she would likely be shit out of luck to have the plumbing rearranged unless he/she reached deep in his/her own pocket to pay for it. I say make the bastard work in the prison laundry until he/she can pay for it him/herself.
the tax payers are not an endless pool of resources. If given my choice, I'd rather the tax money help some person, maybe even a veteran, who might need some sort of reconstructive surgery to function better in society.