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UPDATE: LA Senate approves bill allowing castration for sex offenders

by René | April 9, 2008 at 07:53 am

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Two controversial new bills concerning sex offenders are scheduled to be debated in the Louisiana Senate. One to require castration for sex offenders and the other to forbid them to wear ID-hiding costumes and hand out candy to any under 18

So far at least 70 locals have commented on the story on the Times-Picayune with highly charged and mixed reactions.

A more thorough account about the bills and the LA Senate committee can be read on Lafayette, LA's Daily Advertiser

by Ed Anderson, The Times Picayune
Tuesday April 08, 2008, 1:04 PM

BATON ROUGE -- A Senate committee today took the first step toward giving judges the authority to order sex offenders to undergo physical or chemical castration.

The Judiciary C Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 144 by Sen. Nick Gautreaux, D-Abbeville, to give a judge the option to order medroxyprogestrone acetate, or MPA, to be administered to a first time sex offender. On a repeat violation, the judge must order the treatment for a specific time if a medical expert agrees the treatment can help the offender.

The offender can opt for physical castration on a first or second offense if he agrees to the surgery and a judge concurs.

UPDATE: Louisiana Senators voted 32-3 to send the measure to the House.

In another issue, LA Supreme Court considers the Death Sentence for child molesters.

Lot of mixed reactions on that too.

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Rhonda J Mangus

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at 10:12 on April 16th, 2008

René, I like this story. It's good stuff. Thanks for bringing this story to NP readers. The physical or chemical castration of pedophiles is certainly an important, and controversial, issue. Thanks again!