Hey Supreme Court, Since You Think Death Isn’t Proportional Punishment for Rape, How About Castration?

Posted on June 26, 2008

Right after the idiotic Supreme Court decision to allow child rapists to live, Gov. Jindal signed the “Sex Offender Chemical Castration Bill,” authorizing the castration of convicted sex offenders.

They get a choice: physical or chemical. Oh, and they don’t just get castrated and leave - they still have to serve out their sentence.

SB 144 by Senators Nick Gautreaux, Amedee, Dorsey, Duplessis and Mount provides that on a first conviction of aggravated rape, forcible rape, second degree sexual battery, aggravated incest, molestation of a juvenile when the victim is under the age of 13, or an aggravated crime against nature, the court may sentence the offender to undergo chemical castration. On a second conviction of the above listed crimes, the court is required to sentence the offender to undergo chemical castration.

Gov. Jindal made it absolutely clear that signing this bill today was about more than just sending a no-tolerance message across his state: “I want to send the message loud and clear – to the Supreme Court of the United States and beyond – make no mistake about it, if anyone wants to molest children and commit sexual assaults on kids they should not do so here in Louisiana. Here, we will do everything in our power to protect our children and we will not rest until justice is won and we have fully punished those who harm them.”

Maybe there still is hope for justice in this country, but you can believe groups like the ACLU will go after this one soon enough, and it will eventually be decided by the Supremes too.

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2 Responses to “Hey Supreme Court, Since You Think Death Isn’t Proportional Punishment for Rape, How About Castration?”

Macker on June 26th, 2008 8:02 am

ACLU filings in 3…2…1…
John Ryan on June 26th, 2008 1:54 pm

perhaps they could outsource the castration to a muslim country