- Maddison Hall
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children =Maddison Hall, born Noel Crompton in 1964, is an
Australian HIV-positive transsexual and convicted murderer. In 1987, he shot and killedhitchhiker Lyn Saunders atGol Gol, New South Wales .She began
hormone treatment while in prison, and was transferred to a women's prison (Mulawa Correctional Centre ) in 1999. She underwentsex reassignment surgery while in prison in 2003, at government expense. Initially, Corrective Services refused the surgery, but Hall was successful in a legal challenge to the decision. At Mulawa, it is alleged that she raped several female prisoners. She was charged withrape in one incident, but the charge was dropped due to the victim having left the country upon being released from prison. She was grantedparole in 2006, but a media campaign resulted in the parole being rescinded. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20451112-1702,00.html]References
[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20448099-5001021,00.html Daily Telegraph story]
[http://www.smh.com.au/news/miranda-devine/from-the-pens-of-babes-proof-that-all-is-not-lost-in-literacy/2006/09/24/1158431942445.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Sydney Morning Herald Story]
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