Michael Williams raped and killed 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte in 2005, only to end up in a women's prison in 2025

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In 2005, at the age of 17, Michael Williams participated in the torturous murder of 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte. He lured the girl from West Edmonton Mall to a golf course with four of his friends. A member of the group hit Courtepatte in the head with a wrench, knocking her to the ground; Williams and one of his companions then raped her as the others held her down. After further torture (including numerous cuts to the face), Williams and co. bludgeoned her in the head with a hammer until she died.

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Williams later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. He was sentenced as an adult.

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If anything, a criminal history like this should have guaranteed that Williams would never be allowed near a woman again, but such was not the case. He was among the first offenders in Canada to take advantage of a 2017 Liberal policy permitting pre-op, uncastrated trans-identifying males to be housed in female penitentiaries.

The convicted child rapist and murderer’s transfer to at least two different female institutions in the past several years is evidence enough that Canada’s transgender........

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