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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts officials say they will appeal a judge's decision to grant a convicted murderer's request for sex reassignment surgery.
The state Department of Correction said Wednesday that it believes the medical care Michelle Kosilek is receiving in prison is adequate and that the court didn't address the state's legitimate safety concerns for protecting Kosilek in a male prison.
Kosilek was named Robert when convicted of his wife's 1990 murder.
A federal judge ruled the surgery is the only adequate treatment for Kosilek's gender identity disorder, a condition he calls a "serious medical need." It's the first time a judge has ordered prison officials to provide sex reassignment surgery to an inmate.
The judge's ruling prompted an outcry among some legislative leaders, who say Kosilek isn't entitled to the taxpayer-funded surgery.
The state Department of Correction said Wednesday that it believes the medical care Michelle Kosilek is receiving in prison is adequate and that the court didn't address the state's legitimate safety concerns for protecting Kosilek in a male prison.
Kosilek was named Robert when convicted of his wife's 1990 murder.
A federal judge ruled the surgery is the only adequate treatment for Kosilek's gender identity disorder, a condition he calls a "serious medical need." It's the first time a judge has ordered prison officials to provide sex reassignment surgery to an inmate.
The judge's ruling prompted an outcry among some legislative leaders, who say Kosilek isn't entitled to the taxpayer-funded surgery.
Thursday, September 27 2012, 02:54 AM CDT
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
May 22, 2013 23:38 GMT
IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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