In a 128-page Sept. 4 order, Chief Judge Mark Wolf of the District of Massachusetts ordered the Massachusetts Department of Correction to provide Michelle Kosilek with the surgery as soon as possible. One of Kosilek's lawyers believes it to be the first ruling in the nation to order sex reassignment surgery for a prisoner.
September 06, 2012 at 12:00 AM
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BOSTON – A federal judge in Boston has ordered sex reassignment surgery for a prisoner serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his wife.
In a 128-page Sept. 4 order, Chief Judge Mark Wolf of the District of Massachusetts ordered the Massachusetts Department of Correction to provide Michelle Kosilek with the surgery as soon as possible. One of Kosilek’s lawyers believes it to be the first ruling in the nation to order sex reassignment surgery for a prisoner.
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