Rep. Lyons Co-Authors Bill To Protest Judge's 'Absurd' Ruling

Judge ordered state to pay for transgender killer's sex-change operation and legal fees.

Tewksbury's newest legislator is making waves on Beacon Hill. State Rep. Jim Lyons, R-Andover, has co-authored a bill that would require the state to pay legal fees for all "law-abiding tax-paying citizens of Massachusetts" up to $700,000. That's the amount of legal fees the state has been ordered to pay on behalf of Michelle Kosilek, a transgender inmate who won a highly publicized legal battle to force the state to pay for his sex-change operation. Kosilek, 63, was known as Robert Kosilek when he murdered his wife Cheryl Kosilek in Mansfield in 1990. He changed his name to "Michelle" in 1993. Lyons and state Rep. Marc Lombardo, R-Billerica, were outraged when U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ordered the state to not only pay for the sex-…

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