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Convicted Child Molester Let Out Of Prison Because They’re Transgender, No Longer A Threat, Government Says

Ryan Saavedra
Convicted Child Molester Let Out Of Prison Because They’re Transgender, No Longer A Threat, Government Says
Photo: Buena Vista County Jail

A convicted sex offender is being let out of prison in Iowa because they identify as a woman and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office says that the transgender criminal is no longer a threat because they have different hormones.

The Storm Lake Times reported that Joseph Matthew Smith, a 23-year-old convicted of molesting a fellow MCS student in 2014, also molested up to 15 kids, according to a report prepared by the state.

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