Crime & Safety
Judge Rules that State Must Prove Why Kosilek Does Not Need Electrolysis
Judge Mark Wolf rules that the state must prove that convicted murderer and transgender plaintiff Michelle Kosilek does not need electrolysis treatment.
Judge Mark Wolfe ruled on Wednesday that the state must prove that former Mansfield resident Michelle Kosilek, formally Robert Kosilek of Mansfield, does not need electrolysis.
This ruling comes tewo weeks after Wolf ruled that the state must pay for Kosilek's gender reassignment surgery.
Kosilek was convicted of murder in 1990 after he strangled his wife. Wolfe ruled in September that Kosilek is entitled to the surgery and is a necessary medical procedure.
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