Chemical Castration for Child Sex Offenders, yea or nay?

Why? He raped children against THEIR will.

 

Face facts, they are NOT going to get life in prison unless they kill a child. They are not going to be institutionalized forever. There is going to come a time when they are going to get out and be in society among children. So you have to decide, which is more important to you, the man's right to an erection or the child's right to be kept safe from such sickos.

 

I know who I feel sorry for and who I would side with . . . the children of course. I don't feel sorry for a pedophile, no matter what might happen to him as the result of his OWN actions and decisions.

 

Besides that, don't rape children and he won't have to worry about it! Simple solution there.

 

That reasoning could be used to justify anything. Why not give him 40 lashes with a cat-o-nine whip got good measure? Why not cut off his fingers and toes, that way he could never grab a child again? Why not give them a lobotomy or sever their spine so they're permanently disabled?

Seems to me that the only 2 reasonable solutions are: death, or imprisonment.

 

Well, obviously many, many people would disagree. Not to mention that chemical castration already has and is being used, and they say that it really works. And no it could not be used to justify anything. This measure is to protect CHILDREN who are the prey of these sickos.

 

I would much prefer they get a hangman's noose than castration. After all, they can't fiddle kids if they're dead.

I refuse to even neuter my dog. I'd put him down before I put him through that indignity.

 

Yes, but the state would not even consider that unless they kill somebody. They are not going to be hanged for molesting children. That precedent has already been established.

 

Then I support life imprisonment.

 

They don't get life imprisonment either. On average, a pedophile probably spends about 8 years IF that, in prison. Prison is like a revolving door.

 

Then the law needs to be changed. It needs to be changed to permit castration too so I don't see how this is an objection against life imprisonment itself.

 

I think child molestation and pedophilia is a progressive kind of thing, in that it progresses from say the guy watching child pornography to actually attacking a child. I think it is inevitable that the behavior of the perpetrator will become more violent.

 

Because they can be let out of prison, which is a relief on the prison system, and rejoin society without having their sick sexual urges. Think of it like medicating a person for depression.

 

If you had looked at the prior links I posted in my OP and following, then you would see that several states in the US are already experimenting with chemical castration.

 

Prison is a waste a money though and I doubt it will even help the pedo realise what a terrible bag of puke he is. It is either chemical castration or isolating them from society completely. Here I am talking about digging a hole in the ground in the woods to throw down the pedos and rapists in.

 

Could potentially exile them to the moon.

 

You can't be let out of prison if you're dead.

I think the system needs fundamental reform. Parole and sentencing in particular. I think that a lot of the things the taxpayer pays for could be paid for by convict labor. Give them the bare necessities and force them to earn luxuries like non-gruel food, newspapers, soft drinks, access to letters, etc by doing mindless data entry work on the market for pennies on the dollar. It would provide a better model to those eventually to be released than the government gives you food, water, televisions and conjugal visits.

Parole needs to be abolished. You did the crime, you do the time. Sentencing needs to reflect the crime. We're having real problems with that here in Australia, though you seem to be better in some US states. There needs to actually be a deterent to committing crime. The death penalty should be introduced in the following instances with clearly malicious intent and lack of remorse: premeditated murder, and physically forceful rape (including against children).

A huge chunk of perpetrators of victimless crimes occupy the prison system and take an enormous proportion of funds relative to their impact on society. Drugs should be legalized and taxed, the taxes should go back into voluntary treatment programs, the excess of funds left over from the previous rush to build prisons should be refunded to the taxpayer.

If you can't trust rapists not to offend again, castrating then releasing them is a terrible idea.

 

What are you going to do about the female child sex offender?

 

You may think this but laws can't be based upon what you think. Can you show evidence of this?

 

Chemical castration, and life in prison with no parole.

Or we could just give the child's parents a baseball bat and ten minutes with the perpetrator.

 

Never liked that mentality. A more popular one is to throw the child molester into prison and let everyone know they're one and turn a blind eye on what happens next.

Honestly...letting others commit what would be under different circumstances felony assault just doesn't appeal to me. That's the mentality more in line with a lawless society where mob rule is the extent of the legal system.

We're supposed to be preventing crimes...not promoting them.

If and when punishment has to be meted out...it needs to be done with authority, by the authorities, and within the codes and laws that the government has laid down. If it's ever determined that child molestation is worthy of being a capital offense...then the death penalty needs to be administered with out any pomp or circumstance. It should be as cold and as clinical as possible.

 

The comment about the baseball bat was just wishful thinking and not serious.

 

That's as may be...but there is a number of people who are all but screaming for blood. Should they be allowed to succumb to the urges of retaliation over this?

 

There was a story about 15 years ago where a boy about 10 years old was raped. When the perp was caught, the father of the boy shot him dead.

I didn't lose any sleep over that situation. I have plenty of other things to worry about.

 

If they're in prison for life with no parole, why are you spending the extra money on the drugs?