A California serial killer, Skylar DeLeon, who was sentenced to death in 2009 for the 2004 murders of yacht owners Thomas and Jackie Hawks, recently underwent gender affirming surgery and breast augmentation while on death row. DeLeon, formerly known as John Jacobson Jr., had planned to fund a sex-change operation using the victims' money. The killer, along with accomplices, attacked the couple during a test drive of their yacht, forced them to sign over power of attorney, and ultimately drowned them in the Pacific Ocean by tying them to an anchor.
DeLeon's surgery was made possible due to left-wing policies pushed under former state Attorney General Kamala Harris, who initially opposed taxpayer-funded transition surgery but later saw precedents set by state and federal courts. California corrections officials established guidelines for prisoners seeking such procedures, leading to DeLeon's surgery.
