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PlagmanConvicted Killer in Prison Wants Sex-Change, Demands State Pay for it
Should a convicted killer serving a life sentence in jail be given a sex-change operation at the expense of taxpayers? Although the answer to this question seems obvious, some people actually disagree and think that no; he/she/whatever should not get the operation.
Convicted murderer Robert Kosilek, or “Michelle” as it is now called, has been part of an ongoing trial for over a year to determine whether or not the taxpayers should pay for it to become a woman. A U.S. District Judge ruled that Kosilek deserved treatment for gender identity disorder, but could not justify ordering the state to pay for a sex-change operation. Since then, Kosilek has been receiving laser hair removal and hormone supplements, and as a result “has developed larger breasts” since starting the treatment. A source inside the prison has confirmed that Kosilek was the most popular inmate at last year’s prison prom.
Kosilek was convicted of strangling his wife in 1990; according to him, he killed her in self-defense after she spilled boiling tea on his genitals (100% true). “She tripped on my foot and spilled hot tea on my nads,” explained Kosilek, “so I did what every man does when his boys are in trouble, I ran upstairs, found my best strangling wire, put on my strangling gloves, stretched my forearms and wrists like you should always do before any strangling, ran back downstairs and defended myself. Had I not reacted, who knows how long she could’ve poured tea on my crotch. Any man who claims he wouldn’t have done what I did is a liar and a racist!”
Thus far, there have been hundreds of hours of testimony from expert witnesses, among whom have been 10 medical specialists receiving tens of thousands of dollars. The judge even hired an expert to help him make sense of it all (again, true!).
The case of the she-male is of particular interest to other transgender inmates who want to undergo a sex change, most likely to deter their cellmates’ advances. Other transgenders have sued prison officials in the past, none of whom have been successful in finding a judge dumb enough to rule in their favor.
The Massachusetts Correction Department is vigorously fighting the request for surgery, given that it would create a security nightmare and make the she-male a target of sexual assault.
“Believe it or not,” said a Correction Department spokesman, “prisoners can get a little rough around the edges. Many of them don’t even know how to properly court a lady. Not to mention, I can’t even imagine how many jealous inmates would end up getting stabbed by their **tches.”
According to the Associated Press, the Correction Department and its outside health care provider have spent over $52,000 on expert witnesses to testify with regards to an operation that would cost about $20,000. “That’s not the point,” said a spokesman for the ACLU, “it’s the principle of the thing. If a woman feels trapped because she’s in a man’s body, and the state is going to hold, um, her prisoner, they have to take responsibility for her, or him, um… for it’s well-being.”
The time and money that has gone into this case is beginning to outrage certain lawmakers who insist that taxpayers should not have to pay for inmates to have surgery that most private insurers reject as elective. (AP)
Said Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, “They are prisoners. They are there because they’ve broken the law. Other folks, people who want to get these types of surgeries, they have to go through their insurance carrier or save up for it and do it independently. Yet if you are in prison, you can do it for nothing? That doesn’t make a lot of sense.” Sen. Brown was unsuccessful in his attempt to introduce a bill banning sex change surgeries for inmates.
“No one supported Brown’s bill,” said a member of the Massachusetts House, “next thing you know, we won’t be able to equip each jail cell with a 42” inch HD plasma TV or a Playstation 3. And what happens when the iPhone comes out, are we just going to refuse our inmates an iPhone just because they made a mistake? I, for one, believe in second chances.”
Advocates have a different line of reasoning, however, arguing that in some cases, such as Kosilek’s given that he has attempted suicide twice, sex-change operations are as much a medical necessity as are treatments for diabetes or high blood pressure, both of which can be cured by removal of the penis.
“The duty belongs to the prison to figure out how to fulfill its constitutional obligations to both provide adequate medical care and provide a fundamental security for all inmates, regardless of their body count,” said Cole Thaler, an attorney with Lambda Legal, a gay- and transgender- rights group, who are completely unbiased and care only for the well-being of every inmate in America, even the ones in jail for hate crimes against homosexuals.
“It’s like I’m a prisoner in my own body,” said Kosilek, “so I’m a prisoner inside the body of a person who’s in prison, that means I have it twice as bad as any other prisoner. That’s cruel and unusual punishment.”
[Yes, this is a true story, here’s the link: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8HUCP0G1&show_article=1 ]
Convicted murderer Robert Kosilek, or “Michelle” as it is now called, has been part of an ongoing trial for over a year to determine whether or not the taxpayers should pay for it to become a woman. A U.S. District Judge ruled that Kosilek deserved treatment for gender identity disorder, but could not justify ordering the state to pay for a sex-change operation. Since then, Kosilek has been receiving laser hair removal and hormone supplements, and as a result “has developed larger breasts” since starting the treatment. A source inside the prison has confirmed that Kosilek was the most popular inmate at last year’s prison prom.
Kosilek was convicted of strangling his wife in 1990; according to him, he killed her in self-defense after she spilled boiling tea on his genitals (100% true). “She tripped on my foot and spilled hot tea on my nads,” explained Kosilek, “so I did what every man does when his boys are in trouble, I ran upstairs, found my best strangling wire, put on my strangling gloves, stretched my forearms and wrists like you should always do before any strangling, ran back downstairs and defended myself. Had I not reacted, who knows how long she could’ve poured tea on my crotch. Any man who claims he wouldn’t have done what I did is a liar and a racist!”
Thus far, there have been hundreds of hours of testimony from expert witnesses, among whom have been 10 medical specialists receiving tens of thousands of dollars. The judge even hired an expert to help him make sense of it all (again, true!).
The case of the she-male is of particular interest to other transgender inmates who want to undergo a sex change, most likely to deter their cellmates’ advances. Other transgenders have sued prison officials in the past, none of whom have been successful in finding a judge dumb enough to rule in their favor.
The Massachusetts Correction Department is vigorously fighting the request for surgery, given that it would create a security nightmare and make the she-male a target of sexual assault.
“Believe it or not,” said a Correction Department spokesman, “prisoners can get a little rough around the edges. Many of them don’t even know how to properly court a lady. Not to mention, I can’t even imagine how many jealous inmates would end up getting stabbed by their **tches.”
According to the Associated Press, the Correction Department and its outside health care provider have spent over $52,000 on expert witnesses to testify with regards to an operation that would cost about $20,000. “That’s not the point,” said a spokesman for the ACLU, “it’s the principle of the thing. If a woman feels trapped because she’s in a man’s body, and the state is going to hold, um, her prisoner, they have to take responsibility for her, or him, um… for it’s well-being.”
The time and money that has gone into this case is beginning to outrage certain lawmakers who insist that taxpayers should not have to pay for inmates to have surgery that most private insurers reject as elective. (AP)
Said Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, “They are prisoners. They are there because they’ve broken the law. Other folks, people who want to get these types of surgeries, they have to go through their insurance carrier or save up for it and do it independently. Yet if you are in prison, you can do it for nothing? That doesn’t make a lot of sense.” Sen. Brown was unsuccessful in his attempt to introduce a bill banning sex change surgeries for inmates.
“No one supported Brown’s bill,” said a member of the Massachusetts House, “next thing you know, we won’t be able to equip each jail cell with a 42” inch HD plasma TV or a Playstation 3. And what happens when the iPhone comes out, are we just going to refuse our inmates an iPhone just because they made a mistake? I, for one, believe in second chances.”
Advocates have a different line of reasoning, however, arguing that in some cases, such as Kosilek’s given that he has attempted suicide twice, sex-change operations are as much a medical necessity as are treatments for diabetes or high blood pressure, both of which can be cured by removal of the penis.
“The duty belongs to the prison to figure out how to fulfill its constitutional obligations to both provide adequate medical care and provide a fundamental security for all inmates, regardless of their body count,” said Cole Thaler, an attorney with Lambda Legal, a gay- and transgender- rights group, who are completely unbiased and care only for the well-being of every inmate in America, even the ones in jail for hate crimes against homosexuals.
“It’s like I’m a prisoner in my own body,” said Kosilek, “so I’m a prisoner inside the body of a person who’s in prison, that means I have it twice as bad as any other prisoner. That’s cruel and unusual punishment.”
[Yes, this is a true story, here’s the link: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8HUCP0G1&show_article=1 ]
Coffee Quip
So, hmmm, which one would be the easiest to escape from for a person so familiar with mayhem and murder. I say cut his balls off and leave him where he's at Plagman, so he can be the ready recipient of the up yours prom festivities.
So, I guess my vote would be a conditional, cut his balls only, no.
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Send the bill to God c/o the universe via bad Karma.
The reply would be:
If you can't work out if your Arthur or Marthur it is your own fault.
Michaelie, this is a true story, the link's at the bottom.
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