Do They Take Bids?

I can do this job for only $10,000.

A trial that opened more than a year ago has become bogged down in Boston federal court.

The question at the center of the case: Should a murderer serving life in prison get a sex-change operation at taxpayer expense?

An Associated Press review of the case, including figures obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and interviews, found that the Correction Department and its outside health care provider have spent more than $52,000 on experts to testify about an operation that would cost about $20,000.