Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Castration as a Form of Sentencing?

A man by the name of "Pavel" requested to have himself castrated for his crime of violent sexual abuse. After killing a twelve year old, Pavel decided he wanted people to know that there is a cure for your sexual desires: castrating yourself, therefore; never having cravings for violent sexual pleasure. Although the Czech Republic finds this an effective way of sentencing, the Council of Europe put an immediate end to the Czech Republic's sentencing technique.
As psychologists stand through the one-hour operation, some say that this is the most foolproof from these offenders falling into a sexual disorder. Although surgical castration may be a form of this sentencing, Europeans are leaning towards allowing the offenders to use chemical castration. However, the issue of human rights is questioned for the offender or for the society. Both Poland and Spain are thinking of allowing their judges to issue the sentence of chemical castration for violent sex offenders. Poland will become the first European Union state to allow this type of sentencing. There is also a governor in Louisiana has proposed this as idea for sentencing in the state.
When the problem came up in Czech, the human rights lawyer on the side of the state, claimed that this was a morally wrong sentencing. They claimed this because it revoked the privilege, for the offenders, to reproduce. There have also been a couple of cases where the castration has been ineffective, and the offender went out and created violent sex crimes. Many lawyers claimed that offenders were getting the easy way out because they do not want a life sentence.
Currently there are a few states in the United States are considering chemical castration for a sentencing technique. Those states include California, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana.

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