Va. Senator Proposes Castration for Sex Offenders

I’m not actually sure how I feel about the below proposal.  One the one hand I’m all for cut their dicks off!  Then they can’t stick ‘em where they are not welcomed.  However, will that really prevent them from committing sexually violent crimes?  No, it won’t... they just won’t be able to use their dicks to commit those crimes if they are cut off.  Will this actually protect people from these sexually violent perps.... probably not.  What do you think?

Source:  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/26/va-senator-seeks-castrate-sex-offenders/#ixzz1C9qDQ8Ia  (All links within the article leading to Wikipedia were added by me.)

Published January 26, 2011

| Associated Press

• Print
• Email
• Share
• Comments (347)
• Text Size

RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia legislator is proposing castrating sex offenders as an alternative to the increasing costs to detain and treat them after they've served their prison sentences.

Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger's bill would require the state to study the use of physical castration as an alternative to civil commitment for sexually violent predators. A similar proposal was vetoed four years ago.

The civil commitment program's budget grew from $2.7 million in 2004 to $24 million this year. Gov. Bob McDonnell has proposed spending nearly $70 million over the next two years to meet the increasing demands.

Hanger's bill also would require study of the crimes that qualify for commitment, the process and housing options for those who leave the program.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/26/va-senator-seeks-castrate-sex-offenders/#ixzz1CC6gLAL2

Related articles

• Virginia State Senator Proposes Castrating Sex Offenders (huffingtonpost.com)
• Castration as Cure or Punishment? (zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com)

Poland okays forcible castration for pedophiles

Since I just posted about rape and child sexual abuse....I thought this an appropriate follow up to that.  I applaud PM Tusk for his stance on this!  Please note that the highlighted sections below are what I am highlighting in this...

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland on Friday approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for pedophiles in some cases, sparking criticism from human rights groups.

Under the law, sponsored by Poland's center-right government, pedophiles convicted of raping children under the age of 15 years or a close relative would have to undergo chemical therapy on their release from prison.

"The purpose of this action is to improve the mental health of the convict, to lower his libido and thereby to reduce the risk of another crime being committed by the same person," the government said in a statement.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said late last year he wanted obligatory castration for pedophiles, whom he branded 'degenerates'. Tusk said he did not believe "one can use the term 'human' for such individuals, such creatures."

"Therefore I don't think protection of human rights should refer to these kind of events," Tusk also said.

His remarks drew criticism from human rights groups but he never retracted them.

"Introducing any mandatory treatment raises doubts as such a requirement is never reasonable and life can always produce cases that lawmakers could never have even dreamt of," said Piotr Kladoczny from the Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights.

"If somebody is of sound mind, we punish him. If he is sick, we try to cure him -- that's how it works in Polish law. This bill introduces both approaches. As far as I know, this makes our law the strictest in Europe on this issue," Kladoczny said.

The bill, which also increases prison sentences for rape and incest, must still be approved by the upper chamber of parliament. This is seen as a formality as Tusk's Civic Platform party holds a majority of its 100 seats.

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Poland okays forcible castration for pedophiles - Yahoo! News