No, this is the best lede ever

So I’ll let it speak for itself:

In what may be a first-of-its-kind case, it was
revealed yesterday that a New York woman charged with murdering her
86-year-old mother had killed before — as a man.

Prior to a sex-change operation, Corriana Thompson, 45, who was
arrested on murder charges Sunday, was Corey Wayne Balashek, who served
time in prison for the 1981 strangulation of a female nurse.

Thompson, of Albany, took her mother’s maiden name after she
had the gender-bending operation sometime after getting out of prison
in the 1990s.

"Sounds like a great movie," said Brian MacNamara, an assistant professor of law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Really, I’ve no idea what to say, except ditto. Oh yeah. But my favorite part comes from Thompson’s lawyer:

Thompson’s lawyer, E. Stewart Jones, represented the woman when she was a man in the first case.

"In 1981, there was no question Corey Balashek had done it, but
there were extenuating and mitigating circumstances," Jones said.

"In 2005, I don’t believe Corriana strangled her mother."

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