Convicted killer seeks *** change operation

[Hooahman]

Full Article (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/05/31/convicted_killer_seeks_***_change_operation/)

A man serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife is asking a federal judge to order the state to pay for a *** change operation for him, saying that denying him the surgery amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.

A psychiatrist testified yesterday that he believes Robert Kosilek will kill himself if state correction officials refuse to allow the surgery.


Kosilek, 57, was convicted of strangling his wife, Cheryl, in 1990.
In 2002, US District Judge Mark Wolf ruled that Kosilek -- who now goes by the name Michelle -- was entitled to treatment for gender identity disorder, but stopped short of ordering the state to pay for the *** change operation.

Since then, Kosilek has received psychotherapy, female hormone treatments, and laser hair removal.

Kosilek, who wears his hair long and tucked behind his ears, has developed larger breasts since beginning hormone treatments.
I say they kill the bastard...:bash: :-*$

[Resurrection]

What's the point, I ask?

[Hooahman]

To LOL at other people's stupidity?

[Adumb]

ur dad made the news?

[Hooahman]

Yeb tebya - check the fvck thread a little below for meaning :|

[scrybe]

No. He's a criminal. He doesn't HAVE rights as far as I'm concerned, and the public sure as hell shouldn't have to pay for crap like that.

9mm to the skull --- $0.10

There's your budget.

[CZ]

Here's a good one too....too short for prison!!!



LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) -- A petition drive is calling for the resignation of the judge who sentenced a *** offender to probation instead of prison in part because of his short stature.

The campaign is aimed at Cheyenne County District Judge Kristine Cecava, who last week sentenced Richard W. Thompson to 10 years of intensive probation instead of prison on two felony child ****** assault charges.

Cecava said at the sentencing hearing that she did not believe the 5-foot, 1-inch Thompson could survive in prison.

Thompson, 50, could have received 10 years behind bars.

The petition drive is being conducted by Tiffany Jones, a resident of the county seat of Sidney, who said she already had about 200 signatures.

Cecava did not return a call seeking comment Wednesday.

Attorney General Jon Bruning plans to appeal the sentence, arguing that it is too lenient.

According to a transcript of the sentencing hearing, Cecava told Thompson:

"So, I'm sitting here thinking this guy has earned his way to prison but then I look at you and I look at your physical size. I look at your basic ability to cope with people and, quite frankly, I shake to think what might happen to you in prison, because I don't think you'll do well in prison."

A friend and colleague of the judge, Bernie Glaser of Lincoln, Nebraska, said Cecava's ruling has been misunderstood.

He said the prosecutor didn't ask for prison time, and the judge took other factors into account when deciding that prison wasn't right for Thompson, including his mental capabilities and information contained in a pre-sentence report that is not public.

"We need more judges like her," Glaser said. "I think they should be proud they have a judge like her."

As part of his probation, Thompson will be electronically monitored for the first four months and was told never to be alone with anyone under age 18 or date or live with a woman whose children were under 18.

Thompson was accused of having ****** contact with a girl who is now 14.

"I truly hope that my bet on you being OK out in society isn't misplaced," Cecava said at the sentencing hearing. "It's very hard to keep you in society when I know the risk is another child getting hurt."

District judges in Nebraska are appointed but face retention elections that determine if they will remain in office. Cecava's next retention vote is in 2008. In the 2002 election, 74 percent of the voters said she should remain on the bench.

In a judge evaluation survey filled out by attorneys in 2004, Cecava received above average marks in every category except in promptness of completing her work, which was just below satisfactory.

Of the attorneys who completed the survey, 74 percent said that she deserved to keep her position.