The law already allowed judges to issue an order of chemical castration.
The law also includes the crime of pornography involving juveniles as an underlying offense and it’s also not just limited to male offenders.
“Unfortunately, females are molesting children as well and that’s a very sad thing to see and to hear.
Okay, well how come we don’t do that in the United States, well because it’s cruel and unusual punishment,” said Craft.
I understand what they were trying to accomplish, it’s just this is not the way,” Craft continued.
Sen. Barrow says she ultimately hopes at the very least this new law will work as a deterrent for potential child rapists.
And according to Craft, aside from Louisiana, the only other places on the globe that allow surgical castration are Madagascar, the Czech Republic, and one state in Nigeria. »
