Plea Deal Reached In Denver Transgender Castration Case

DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped an assault charge against a man who castrated a transgender woman in Denver.
James Pennington (credit: Denver Police)
James Pennington, a 57-year-old Chicago-based airline pilot, pleaded guilty Monday to practicing medicine without a license, a misdemeanor, under a deal with prosecutors.
The unidentified transgender woman asked Pennington to perform the surgery and later suffered heavy bleeding. She objected to his prosecution.
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