Posted on 06/30/2002 8:41:42 PM PDT by JimRic54
ROME (Reuters) - A top Italian politician called on Saturday for the castration of rapists in the wake of a series of rapes in northern Italy.
"It is an intolerable situation. To avoid these shameful crimes there is only one solution -- the physical castration of these delinquents," Roberto Calderoli, the vice president of Italy's Senate (upper house), said in a statement.
"Once upon a time one spoke of chemical castration, but personally I tend more toward simpler methods: scissors, and ones that are not necessarily sterilized," Calderoli, a member of the rightist Northern League, added.
Besides it is much, much quicker.
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