“Oklahoma is ready to pass a bill that would allow castration as part of a sex offender’s sentence. Various groups (scroll down) have opposed the measure based on a 1941 Supreme Court ruling that may or may not apply. “I’m an old country boy and I know what works,” says Shurden, the sponsor of the bill who has been campaigning for mandatory castration since the 70s, ‘…we need to treat ‘em like animals.’ Two questions loom large: is it cruel and unusual? Is it even effective given that control and not sex drive is a motivation in a large number of sexual offenses?”

Via Plastic

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