01-07-2017, 09:10 PM
A couple of years back, a different judge made the same ruling in regards to another convicted murderer in CA. Governor Brown agreed to his/her parole rather than obeying the court order for the sex reassignment surgery. That's also what corrections officials did in a similar case in Virginia back in 2013; paroled the felon.
I'm sure military prison officials would like to do the same with Chelsea/Bradley Manning, but she's got six years left until she's eligible for parole from the all-male military prison in Kansas and it's more difficult to deny re-assignment surgery now that it's covered under military insurance. Manning's lawyer reports officials have agreed to the surgery (but no time line has been given).
And, recently, a Massachusetts court found that sex reassignment was the only adequate treatment for a prisoner and mandated the surgery, again citing the 8th Amendment. The state corrections department appealed and lost. But, then a higher appellate court overruled the decision and sided with the state's corrections officials. So, the inmate (also a convicted murderer) continues to attempt suicide and self-castration despite receiving hormone therapy.
Kinda complex.
I'm sure military prison officials would like to do the same with Chelsea/Bradley Manning, but she's got six years left until she's eligible for parole from the all-male military prison in Kansas and it's more difficult to deny re-assignment surgery now that it's covered under military insurance. Manning's lawyer reports officials have agreed to the surgery (but no time line has been given).
And, recently, a Massachusetts court found that sex reassignment was the only adequate treatment for a prisoner and mandated the surgery, again citing the 8th Amendment. The state corrections department appealed and lost. But, then a higher appellate court overruled the decision and sided with the state's corrections officials. So, the inmate (also a convicted murderer) continues to attempt suicide and self-castration despite receiving hormone therapy.
Kinda complex.