Governor Vetoes Castration Bill Thu Jun 6, 8:48 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first in the nation to sentence certain rapists to surgical castration. Keating, a Republican, said the legislation would violate the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. "This bill provides an unnecessary and arguably unconstitutional punishment of surgical castration for second offenses of the type covered by the bill," Keating said in a brief statement to the legislators. "A more effective way of dealing with these offenders is to make...