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06-01-2006, 12:42 AM #1
Killer Wants State To Pay For Sex-Change Operation
Killer Wants State To Pay For Sex-Change Operation
Poll: Should the state pay for the operation?
(CBS4) BOSTON A man serving a life sentence for killing his wife is trying once again to force the state to pay for his sex-change operation.
Robert Kosilek, who now goes by the name Michelle, says denying his request amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
A psychiatrist testified before a federal judge Tuesday that he believes Kosilek will kill himself if correction officials deny the surgery.
Kosilek was convicted of strangling his wife, Cheryl, in 1990.
This isn’t the first time he has tried to get the state to pay for the operation.
In 2002, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Kosilek has a rare mental illness and was entitled to hormone treatment for gender identity disorder, but stopped short of ordering the state to pay for the sex-change operation.
Some experts say he's a suicide risk in prison without it.
"It could lead to acute depression....certainly could lead to someone being a safety risk in terms of own safety," said gender therapist, Diane Ellaborn.
State prison officials are concerned Kosilek will become a target for assault if he has the surgery and returns to the all-male prison where he's serving his sentence.
State Senator Scott Brown says going to prison means losing some rights.
"He's in prison because he murdered his wife and we have to stop coddling prisoners, start protecting taxpayer dollars," said Brown.
Neither side is giving an estimate on the cost of the sex-change operation. It’s believed to cost about $20,000.
The trial is expected to last two weeks.
(© 2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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06-01-2006, 12:47 AM #2A psychiatrist testified before a federal judge Tuesday that he believes Kosilek will kill himself if correction officials deny the surgery.We are NOT a nation of immigrants!
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06-01-2006, 12:47 AM #3
Sorry.......but tax dollars shouldn't be spent on something like this!
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06-01-2006, 02:20 AM #4
I'll pay for it, if Lorena Bobbitt preforms the surgery.
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06-01-2006, 04:44 AM #5
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I'll pay for it, if Lorena Bobbitt preforms the surgery.
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LOL $1000 in cold hard cash and i will do it. Im cheap labor
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06-01-2006, 01:27 PM #6
You guys are so funny! Bobatize the dude! Wish I would have thought of that tax saving stradegy.
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06-02-2006, 03:17 AM #7
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Convict wants a sex-change on MY dime? Hmmm.... I think Mr. Convict can play the lead role in his very own real life Hedwing and the Angry Inch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch
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