Thursday, April 7, 2011

Talladega Republican Proposes Castration Of All Convicted Pedophiles

Talladega Republican Rep. Steve Hurst has proposed a bill that would administer physical castration of all convicted pedophiles before they can be "released form the Dept. of Corrections":
Hurst, a Republican from Talladega, has proposed a bill that would require convicted child molesters to be surgically castrated under certain conditions. Specifically, the bill states that anyone more than 21 years old convicted of certain sex offenses against a child 12 years old or younger must be surgically castrated before being released from the state Department of Corrections.
While I doubt this ever passes, if it does, it will be yet another law passed by this Legislature that will require long and lengthy court battles and would be over turned as "cruel and unusual" punishment.

H/T - Politics Alabama