A convict would be able to tell state authorities whether to send the convict to a men's prison or a women's prison based on the convict's stated gender identity, according to a bill passed by the Massachusetts Senate.
The little-noticed provision is tucked away in the massive criminal justice reform bill House members are now considering.
The two western Massachusetts men had just learned of the death of their 32-year-old daughter and sister (respectively), and they lured her likely drug go-between into a smackdown in the town of Egremont, police say. Their lawyer says he thinks they may get off easy.
