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Alabama legislature passes bill requiring child sex offenders to undergo chemical castration before being released
2019-06-05
[MAIL] Alabama state lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would require child sex offenders to be chemically castrated before their release from prison.

A Republican member of the State House of Representatives introduced the measure, which now needs to be signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey.

Steve Hurst, a Republican lawmaker from Calhoun County, says that chemical castration for convicted child sex offenders is an appropriate punishment.

‘They have marked this child for life and the punishment should fit the crime,’ Hurst told WIAT-TV.

The measure will likely be fiercely opposed by civil libertarians who say that it is a violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
Posted by:Skidmark

#23  Break the cycle. Execute them. I no longer believe in rehabilitation. Criminals need to be removed from society, permanently.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-06-05 20:11  

#22  Just release them in any prison general population, many of whom have children of their own. Nature will take its normal course.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-06-05 19:18  

#21  Besoeker. Dang it.
*shakes head*
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-06-05 15:53  

#20  it's not a good thing because democrats denounce it. It's a good think because they prey on children.
Posted by: chris   2019-06-05 15:35  

#19  Pedophile, 29, who raped a girl nearly 100 times from birth to when she was six - and even livestreamed it - is sentenced to 120 years in jail
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-05 15:26  

#18  The castration chemical wears off with time. One of the trade names is Lupron. It is also used to treat prostate cancer. I've heard guys who have been treated with this stuff say that they get intense hot flashes. There is a possibly of heart risk.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-06-05 13:14  

#17  Boo Hoo Hoo.

For all the people worrying about the fascist intrusion of those nasty chemicals into your favorite baby diddler's gonads, chemical castration is not permanent. It ain't like spaying a dog.

The modern chems used for it are LHRH , Goserelin and Histrelin Acetate (both are gonadotropin-releasing agonists). Incidentally they are also used for curbing overdevelopment of ovaries and prostates in children. And cancer. What they do is suppress desire for (increased)sexual activity by suppressing production of both male and female hormones. In some cases it may not work at all. In all cases, periodic re-medication is necessary to maintain the effect.

Some govt.s still use the old chemicals like medroxyprogesterone and cyproterone acetate - which are based on female hormones and supress not only male hormones but even male characteristics. In fact, britain discontinued them because they are also used in sex re-assignment and combined with estrogen can cause severe depression and other effects (you can understand why).

Alabama has, interestingly in the past also experimented with chem castration for black males. Using the old progesterone method. I don't know what they're using there now. Its effect is bound to be temporary anyway.

What I think ? They should be lynched. There are some things you can't depend on the state for.


Posted by: Dron66046   2019-06-05 13:10  

#16  BP, I agree its not excessive. But it wont stop the abuse, they will go to tool and props as they satisfy their disorder. I believe lifelong internment or death is the only solution.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-06-05 12:59  

#15  Executioner deserves Gold Medal
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-06-05 12:55  

#14  A better solution:
Chinese flour factory boss, 49, is executed after raping 25 underage schoolgirls
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-05 12:13  

#13  Escape from LA

Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-05 12:07  

#12  Caliphornia couldn't do this as it would close hollywood.

Perhaps the simplest thing would be to enclose Hollywood and just turn it into a centre for paedophiles.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-06-05 11:11  

#11  It doesn't seem excessive to me.

I'd prefer them in a special jail until they die but if released then this seems reasonable precaution.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-06-05 11:08  

#10  That's it TW. Be careful, it is a very real and disturbing group of case studies that span the lives of these creeps from childhood to death. The author is European, and this is translated literally, so the grammar is tough to read. This book changed the way I see abuse, abused people, and the ramifications of not dealing with abuse early. The human condition is a frightening one. And for those out there that think this is a "its not their fault" book, think again. A dog that has rabies is not at fault for it, but there is only one way to deal with the rabid dog, same goes for these men and women that abuse babies.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-06-05 10:59  

#9  Child Hunters by Carine Hutsebaut
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-06-05 10:48  

#8  Ok, so I get the thought behind the idea. But as I have said before, Pedophilia is not a disease driven by testicles. It is driven from the brain. Castration will do very little to stop the abuse these people cause. The abuse is sexual in nature because that is the most personal types of abuse, there is little out these to show this works. Like I have said before, the psychosis is one of abuse, not sexual attraction. There are some great studies out there on this topic, and I recommend all parents read them. ALL child abusers, male and female, were abused as children. Not all abused kids become abusers, but ALL child abusers were abused as kids and never dealt with their trauma. Now they are validating their lives and sharing their trauma is a different and more violent way. Once an abuser become a serial abuser there is no way to help them, castration, counselling, or otherwise. There are ZERO reformed repetitive abusers in this world, castrated or not. Look at Biden, he may not be an abuser, but he cant help himself when it comes to controlling and fondling people. It not a quirk, its a psychosis of control and dominance. He knows it will cost him the election, but he can not control himself, even on the world stage. The only way to deal with pedophiles is to remove them from society. Read the case studies from the book child hunters. It is a rather sad book with no happy ending, but it makes clear of the base for these people, both men and women, how they escalate, and how it has yet to be curable. If you are a parent and have not read this, you will not see the threat that is around your kids every day. Or how to protect them.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-06-05 09:51  

#7  And Chris, just because a democrat somewhere denounces it doesn't mean that it is automatically a good thing. Just because a Republic suggests it doesn't mean that it is a good thing. How about looking at things with your own moral compass? I'll be the first to admit that the democrats are almost always wrong, but they're not ALWAYS wrong. Like when Bill Maher will once in a blue moon mention the creeping Islamic fascism in our society. He's still a scummy democratic mouthpiece, but for whatever reason he's decided he will sometimes speak the truth about that.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-06-05 09:28  

#6  This is wrong. Lists, controlled living conditions, forced poverty, and now castration. They should not be doing this to anybody, for any crime. If people are judged to be a threat, they shouldn't be allowed out of prison in the first place. This is a radical expansion of the police state to make this punishment seem acceptable to people "only for the worst people of course" and then institute it for more and more people.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-06-05 09:25  

#5  @ #3 - Oh, don't you know it.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2019-06-05 07:07  

#4  so Joe Biden won't be visiting Alabama during his failed campaign?
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2019-06-05 07:05  

#3  I want to know what gets you classified as a "child sex offender". With the "flexibility" in language these days I could see this turning into a real Soviet style truth and justice machine.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-06-05 06:58  

#2  The "chemical" should be a rusty razor blade.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-05 04:40  

#1  how long before the dems are denouncing this
Posted by: chris   2019-06-05 04:13  

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