In Louisiana, sex offenders found guilty of crimes against children younger than 13 years old could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration in addition to serving prison time. The first-of-its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year, Louisiana passed a law that permits judges to sentence individuals convicted of specific crimes to surgical castration.

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A bill that would allow people convicted of sex crimes with victims under the age of 13 to be surgically castrated has been approved by Louisiana legislators. SB 371 overwhelmingly passed by lawmakers ...

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 ...

A Louisiana judge sentenced a convicted sex offender to castration for a second-degree rape charge April 7, according to KTBS. Caddo District Judge Ramona Emanuel sentenced Floyd Lee Cathron, 61, to ...

Louisiana is now the first state to allow surgical castration to be used as a punishment for sex crimes under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry. This law, which will go into effect Aug.

The notion that guns serve as phallic implements (and thus tokens of masculinity) is about as old as it is obvious. ("Consider your man card re-issued," read a recent gun ad.) But the idea that gun ...