At first blush, it sounds barbaric. An Indiana House bill authored by state Rep. Elizabeth Rowray, R-Yorktown, would sanction castration of child sex offenders. But if you dig into the details of the ...

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Some sex offenders in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration if convicted of sex crimes as part of an expansion of a bill proposed earlier this year. Louisiana lawmakers gave ...

South Korea could expand the practice after high profile child rape case In South Korea, the abduction and rape of a 7-year-old girl last week outraged the public and prompted President Lee Myung-Bak ...

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BATON ROUGE, La. — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Louisiana lawmakers gave final ...

Throughout much of China’s multiple-millennia dynastic period, some men chose castration — having their penis and testicles removed — in order to serve as high-ranking imperial civil servants. Unable ...

Baton Rouge, La. — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crimes against young children under legislation approved Monday, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry ...

Certain people convicted of sex offenses against children could soon be sentenced to surgical castration or more prison time in Louisiana under a bill that has reached the final stage of the ...