Kosilek seeking $698 for himself, $800,000 for lawyers
By Joe Dwinell and Laurel J. Sweet
Thursday, October 4, 2012
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Convicted killer Robert Kosilek — granted a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation — is demanding $698 for arguing his case from behind bars while his attorneys want a whopping $800,000, a new court filing shows.
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"I incurred the following out-of-pocket expenses," Kosilek writes in a hand-written note that was included in today's filing. Those expenses, he writes, include: $496.86 for stamps; $156.18 for bulk postage; $26.10 for envelopes; $7.80 for copies; $11.75 for filing fees.
"Having prevailed, I am asking the court to order the defendant to reimburse me for my expenses. Signed under pain and penalty of perjury, Michelle Lynne Kosilek," the filing reads with his signature. The total he's after from taxpayers is $698.69.
In the same filing, the killer's attorneys cite the Prison Litigation Reform Act in demanding $644,573 in attorneys' fees and costs of $161,873 — for a total of $806, 446.