Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters

Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children to undergo surgical castration under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday. While the punishment of surgical castration is used in other countries that are known for harsher … Read more