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  • Legislator Introduces Bill to Castrate Some Sex Offenders

    02/17/2005 2:50:39 PM PST · by wallcrawlr · 31 replies · 715+ views
    Associated Press ^ | February 17, 2005
    Drug-induced castration should be among the punishments for sex offenders who victimize children, a state legislator said Thursday. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, proposed allowing judges to require pedophiles to take sex-drive-suppressing drugs as part of their sentences in cases where the crime was extremely cruel, the victim was physically injured or the perpetrator had previous offenses. Emmer also would let pedophiles volunteer for physical castration on the operating table. ``We can't assume that we can keep building bigger and bigger buildings'' to house sex offenders, said the first-term legislator, who said he was prompted to write the bill after hearing...