Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Authorizing Surgical Castration for Child Sex Offenders

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A court-appointed medical expert will need to determine whether the offender is โ€˜an appropriate candidateโ€™ for surgical castration.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed into law a bill that would allow state judges to sentence those convicted of sex crimes against victims under the age of 13 to undergo surgical castration.

Senate Bill 371, sponsored by state Sen. Regina Ashford Barrow, is expected to take effect on Aug. 1 following the Republican governorโ€™s signature on June 18.

The law allows Louisiana judges to punish offenders aged 17 and older with surgical castration if they are convicted of aggravated sex crimes against a victim under the age of 13.

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections will oversee the procedure, but it will not be performed if โ€œnot medically appropriate,โ€ according to the bill.

Under the law, a court-appointed medical expert will need to determine whether the offender is โ€œan appropriate candidateโ€ for surgical castration within 60 days from the imposition of sentence.

โ€œIn all cases involving an offender sentenced to a period of incarceration or confinement in institution, the procedure shall be performed not later than one week prior to the offenderโ€™s release from the institution,โ€ the legislation reads.

If an offender โ€œfails to appearโ€ as required by court order for surgical castration, the offender may be charged and sentenced to three to five years in prison without the โ€œbenefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence,โ€ according to the new law.

The bill garnered bipartisan support in the state legislature. During a committee hearing in April, Republican state Sen. Valarie Hodges described the measure as โ€œa consequenceโ€ for offenders guilty of committing sex crimes against children.

โ€œItโ€™s a step over and beyond just going to jail and getting out,โ€ Ms. Hodges said, according to The Associated Press.

The legislation, proposed by Ms. Barrow, expands on a previous act by authorizing a judge to order a physical castration to those convicted of a sex offense in which the victim was 13 or under.

โ€œWe are talking about babies who are being violated by somebody,โ€ the Democratic senator said at the committee meeting in April. โ€œThat is inexcusable.โ€

Byย Aldgra Fredly

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