Louisiana judges can now sentence certain sex offenders to surgical castration, after Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday signed a bill into law that creates that penalty.
Offenders who receive such a sentence may refuse the procedure, in which case they would face an additional three to five years in prison.
Senate Bill 371 by Senate President Pro Tempore Regina Barrow, a Baton Rouge Democrat, received bipartisan support in the Legislature.
As Landry signed SB 371 in a ceremony at the Louisiana State Capitol, he sat beside Barrow and state Rep. Delisha Boyd, D-New Orleans.
“This is a method for us to protect our children,” said Boyd, who proposed a bill this year that would have established vasectomies as a form of punishment for sex offenders. House Bill 166 passed the House but then stalled in a Senate committee, failing to make it to Landry’s desk.
What a completely awful way to not address anything other than a desire for vengeance from victims.
The same dumbass somehow thought a vasectomy would be a punishment for sex offenders?? What the fuck is in the water down there?
I mean it’s not a secret. It’s lead. There’s lead in the water down there.
Wtf does a vasectomy even accomplish? Their dick will still work afterwards so it won’t even stop them from re-offending. What is the logic here?
“Now the libs can’t bitch about vIcTiMs oF rAPE when they try to kill babies”, probably.
Source: live in the south