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Originally posted by fufu
I am all for the death penalty for offenders like him. I believe that sexual predators cannot be rehabilitated, even with chemical or surgical castration.
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Agree to the first sentence. Sorta to the second. I swear I'd read that the chemical impulses that lead the sexual drives of men emanate from whatever it is thats removed by castration. So (perhaps) no sex drive.
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However, I think the Boston violence reduction studies and plans of the last 10 or 15 years have shown great statistical success in predicting who is most likely to commit violent crimes.
Sexual assaults are, IMHO, a result of drives for sex and violence, or at least the result of a tolerance for violence in the latter.
So, I'm not sure we'd really call castration "rehabilitation". However. castration certainly seems like a good start for serial predators and probably even those that fall slightly below the threshold (spree predators?).
That said, once you've committed an aggravated violent criminal attack in America, or perhaps after you've committed two aggravated violent criminal attacks in America, its time to snip your particular leaf on the family tree. While the result is general agreement with your statement, I guess I'd just expand it to anyone who has a drive (or great tolerance) for committing violent crimes.
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