A convicted killer serving a life sentence for murdering his wife wants the state to pay for his sex change operation.

NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported Wednesday that Robert Kosilek, who goes by the name Michelle, has been living as a woman for nearly two years at MCI-Norfolk, an all-male prison.

Kosilek was sentenced to life in prison in 1993 for the murder of his wife, Cheryl.

The court has previously granted the 57-year-old the right to have the state pay for his female hormone treatments and laser hair removal after a judge ruled he's entitled to treatment for a condition called gender identity disorder.

Now, Kosilek wants the commonwealth to pay for a sex change operation to become a woman. Kosilek has already sued the state twice arguing the procedure is a medical necessity.

"In my opinion, with a high degree of medical certainty, she will kill herself," Dr. George Brown said. "My opinion is as a physician, as a psychiatrist in this case that people need to adequate health care. Just as other types of surgeries, including transplantation of organs for inmates, this would fall under the category of medically necessary treatment."

Kosilek's lawyer said that denying him the operation amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.

The trial in Federal District Court in South Boston is expected to last about two weeks.

Well, we pay for his cable TV and his internet..etc. Why Not?  They'll give it to him anyway, he's already half way there. Crazy..huh? And, people are starving on the streets here...

A New Hampshire man has been ordered not to drive after he was involved in an accident that left a woman paralyzed and resulted in a 28-mile traffic backup Tuesday.

NewsCenter 5's David Boeri reported that William Artis, 29, of Hooksett, N.H., pleaded not guilty to charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of fireworks.

Officials said Artis was traveling in the left lane of Interstate 93 North in Methuen at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when his Chevrolet Cobalt struck the rear of a Saab driven by Dana Martino, 35, of Methuen.

"He was driving a rental vehicle. He was not the individual authorized to operate it," Essex County prosecutor Poppi Hagan said.

Police said Martino was slowing down because of traffic volume.

"He has two prior convictions for this same charge of unlicensed operation -- in New Hampshire in February of 2006 and in Georgia in September of 1995," Hagan said.

Officials said Wednesday that Martino was paralyzed at Massachusetts General Hospital. Martino is a cancer survivor who recently had a double mastectomy.

"She is still in critical condition. She is on ventilator, unable to breath on her own. She is fully paralyzed," Hagan said.

Martino's 4-year-old son was taken to Lawrence General Hospital with minor injuries. His dog was killed.

"This was an accident and the maximum penalty that Mr. Artis can face, from what understand, is not more than $200 total," said defense attorney Paul Farina.

Artis suffered minor injuries and was taken to Holy Family Hospital. Three passengers in Artis' car were transported to area hospitals for treatment. Mirela Halilagic, 22, of Hooksett, sustained serious injuries and was taken to Lawrence General Hospital. An 8-year-old girl suffered serious injuries and was taken to Holy Family Hospital and later transported to Boston Children?s Hospital. A 1-year-old boy suffered minor injuries and was taken to Lawrence General Hospital.

Artis was held on $2,500 cash bail.

How can you cause all this misery and, only get a $200.00 fine?  This country is messed up!

Dutch pedophiles are launching a political party to push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations to 12 from 16 and the legalization of child pornography and sex with animals, sparking widespread outrage.

The Charity, Freedom and Diversity (NVD) party said on its Web site it would be officially registered Wednesday, proclaiming: "We are going to shake The Hague awake!"

The party said it wanted to cut the legal age for sexual relations to 12 and eventually scrap the limit altogether.

"A ban just makes children curious," Ad van den Berg, one of the party's founders, told the Algemeen Dagblad (AD) newspaper.

"We want to make pedophilia the subject of discussion," he said, adding the subject had been a taboo since the 1996 Marc Dutroux child abuse scandal in neighboring Belgium.

"We want to get into parliament so we have a voice. Other politicians only talk about us in a negative sense, as if we were criminals," Van den Berg told Reuters.

The Netherlands, which already has liberal policies on soft drugs, prostitution and gay marriage, was shocked by the plan.

An opinion poll published Tuesday showed that 82 percent wanted the government to do something to stop the new party, while 67 percent said promoting pedophilia should be illegal.

"They make out as if they want more rights for children. But their position that children should be allowed sexual contact from age 12 is of course just in their own interest," anti-pedophile campaigner Ireen van Engelen told the AD daily.

Right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders said he had asked the government to investigate whether a party with such "sick ideas" could really be established, ANP news agency reported.

Kees van deer Staaij, a member of the Christian SGP party, also demanded action: "Pedophilia and child pornography should be taboo in every constitutional state. Breaking that will just create more victims and more serious ones."

The party wants private possession of child pornography to be allowed although it supports the ban on the trade of such materials. It also supports allowing pornography to be broadcast on daytime television, with only violent pornography limited to the late evening.

Toddlers should be given sex education and youths aged 16 and up should be allowed to appear in pornographic films and prostitute themselves. Sex with animals should be allowed although abuse of animals should remain illegal, the NVD said.

The party also said everybody should be allowed to go naked in public and promotes legalizing all soft and hard drugs and free train travel for all.

I hope this doesn't happen! It could happen anywhere if they let this one pass! What makes these sickies think, what they do is okay?  ARG!