You know, I always used to say they ought to do this. But now, presented with the reality of it, I don't like it at all.
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What does physical or chemical castration even mean? And why is this a punishment when he is 100 years old?
Also, under current law there, no abortions are allowed unless life of mother is at risk, so they will castrate the rapist but force the mother to give birth?
What the actual fuck
Chemical castration is the lowering of hormones medically. Physical castration would by physical removal of the testes.
Welcome back to the dark ages. See you at next week's drawing and quartering. It's right after the hangings! Hopefully we get some real kickers!
I'll take, "Laws that violate the 8th Amendment" for $100, Alex.
What the shit? Are they going to bring back "an eye for an eye" next?
It would be nice if they did.
Eye for an eye, was a law that allowed the (proven) victim to request the (proven) perpetrator up-to (but no more than) an equal punishment to the harm done. Yes a person who got his eye stoned out by crazy guy, could have the crazy guy's eye stoned out. Which is, honestly, fair.
I guess in this case, the girl could request Mandingo to rape the guy, which, while deeply hilarious, might actually teach something, especially compared to just a jail sentence (that might be heavily reduced due to "good behaviour")
Rape is funny when it happens to bad people, i guess. And no, rape does not teach anything. It just traumatizes.
Isn't that a good way to teach the trauma a person caused? And I don't see what place is there for hollywood civility when the person clearly ignored the social contract (so he isn't part of it)
No one knows how someone will react to trauma. That's why it doesn't teach anything. Few people can come out of that and be, "Oh, I get it now!"
Castration is 100% cruel and unusual punishment.
For raping a kid, i don't really care if its cruel and unusual. Deserved.
Friendly reminder that in 1992 the FBI embarked on a crusade that falsely convicted dozens of parents during the height of the Satanic Panic. One of the first convicts spent 30 years in prison before enough evidence of manufactured evidence and coerced testimony was unearthed to convince a court to release him.
In another classic false conviction a father of two was executed for a 2004 house fire that state prosecutors determined was deliberate arson, with the intent to murder his two children. Then Texas Governor Rick Perry repeatedly interfered with court proceedings that uncovered fabricated evidence and pseudo-scientific forensic analysis.
Finally, we've got the classic case of Alan Turing, British engineering pioneer of the computer and hero cryptographer of WW2, who was chemically castrated after being accused of gross indecency with his then-19-year-old boyfriend, following a burglary of Turing's home. Following the castration, Turing fell into a malaise and ended up committing suicide.
There are a whole host of reasons why deliberately sadistic punishments are a fucking awful idea.
- Witch Hunts can use gratuitous claims to cover for scant evidence, leading to irrevocable punishments aimed at innocent people.
- False Convictions resulting in maiming/death can aid in covering up the criminal incompetency of investigators.
- Prejudice and bigotry can play a heavy role in the targets of investigation and degree of punishment.
Even setting aside the reflexive need to give people what they "deserve", you put far too much faith in a criminal justice system as prone to injustice as any of its subjects. The targets for chemical castration end up not being the most deserving, but the least articulate and most socially vulnerable.
You won't see a guy like Donald Trump sentenced to chemical castration for grabbing women by the pussy. But you can easily see folks in the LGBT/Civil Rights, migrant communities, or impoverished neighborhoods singled out for legal abuses by malicious or career oriented prosecutors.
How are there no comments here?! Is it a good idea well, yeah maybe it is...I just didn't know it was reality.
It's a bad idea. The reason it's a bad idea is the same reason that the death penalty is a bad idea: the US penal system frequently gets it wrong.
Not saying you're wrong, but she had a baby at 14 that shares the rapist's DNA. I don't think there's any doubt he did it.
Even lab tests aren't the word of god.
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.
this dude absolutely deserves this
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.
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.
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.