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Louisiana man sentenced to 50 years in prison, physical castration for raping teen
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In my opinion, given the crime this dude absolutely deserves this. With that being said the problem I have with this is the same I have with the death penalty. What happens when they accidentally or sometimes even intentionally get the wrong person? 4% of people who get sentenced to death are innocent. Even if that number is .4% I'm not okay with occasionally killing someone who is innocent. It's only a matter of time before they sentence someone to have their testicles removed and they find out later oopise they didn't commit the crime.
castration doesnt even do anything for most sex crime offenders.
Cause its not physical lust that drives most of it, its a psychological drive.. and that psychological need/drive doesnt go away just cause you castrate someone, whether physically or chemically.
in addition to what you're talking about, with the inherent risk of an innocent person running afoul of the law.
You see, your issue is that you are using your brain instead of asking for brutal retribution
yeah, i just love the hypocrisy of people who want brutalistic retribution laws.. until they run afoul of the law, then its all inhuman and cruel to deny them their organic quinoa meals in prison and other ridiculous bullshit.
People just missed the whole chunk of history in which Enlightment thinkers argued against corporeal punishment and the body of research that disprove its efficacy as a deterrent. Nice /s
I could see voluntary chemical castration and psychiatric support as a viable middle ground between lex talionis and a 21st-century legal system. Physical castration? Get the hell out of here.
There's a joke in the criminal justice system about how a clever DA can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, with a free enough hand at presentation of evidence. Consider that you are getting less from this article than the grand jury got at his indictment.
The purpose of chemical castration as a political tool is purely for the optics. Case in point, this guy would not be subject to castration until the end of his 50 year sentence (at age 100). DAs and judges can campaign on this nightmarish act by appealing to voters with a sadistic streak while sleeping better knowing neither they nor the convict will live long enough to see it carried out.
Much like the death penalty itself, this is a performative endeavor intended to bait liberals into defending creeps (or, at least, suspected creeps) so that you can go on screen and call them "Pedophile Enablers". Once chemical castration is normalized, you'll see "Tough on Crime" conservatives pursue something even more vulgar.