The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has dismissed a case against a former Midwest Christian Services student convicted of sex crimes after the student identified as a woman.
According to the Des Moines Register, court records show the state dismissed the case in early January.
Attorney General spokesman Lynn Hicks did not comment on the reason for the dismissal other than to say “an offender’s hormone levels are an important part of substantiating an offender’s likelihood of recidivism.”
In November, the Storm Lake Times reported that Joseph Matthew Smith, 23, was “undergoing medical treatment that is needed prior to (Smith) potentially undergoing gender reassignment surgery.”
Smith had previously been convicted of molesting an MCS student in 2014.
Smith has received treatment for gender reassignment the past two years at Newton Correctional Facility. In October 2017, Smith first expressed a desire to “get started on transgender classification” and began using female pronouns. Smith now prefers to be called “Josie.”
An Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman said Smith had been transferred to the Sioux City Residential Treatment Facility for transitional release. He did not say when Smith will be released.
Source: Christian Headlines
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