TN: Lawmaker Files Bill To Chemically Castrate Convicted Sex Offenders
Tennessee Republican Bruce Griffey introduced a bill that would require anyone convicted of a sexual offense against a child under the age of 13 to be chemically castrated,
Under the language of the bill, which is nearly identical to that of a similar law approved last year in Alabama, those sentenced for the crime would undergo a chemical injection that “reduces, inhibits or blocks the production of testosterone, hormones, or other chemicals in a person’s body.” If the person refuses, he would be considered to be in violation of his parole and would be “immediately remanded to the custody of the department of correction for the remainder of the person’s sentence,”.
Further, the condemned would be required to pay for the “treatments” himself.
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According to one study I’ve read before, chemical castration could make the person’s drive worse. Because when testosterone goes down estrogen goes up. Furthermore, other studies have shown that most sex crimes are about power and control, so trying to lower someone’s drive isn’t going to make any difference because their crime had nothing to do with their drive. The Missouri SOP teaches that sex crimes have nothing to do with sex or sexual drive. Basically their drive is not why they committed their crime. And many sex crimes didn’t involve penetration with that body part.
It’s sad to see the way our country is going, we are supposed to be getting better as humanity moves forward. The problem that I see is that the people they are targeting are the most violent of offenders but as we know most if not all of them will never see outside of prison again. It’s that one bill fits all offenders and not putting people in tiers based on offence and actual threat to society, I dont think the registry is a good idea but it wont ho away anytime soon. As for the chemical castration, I dont think it’s a good idea. Eventually it will be mandatory for all offenders regardless of the crime. Now I wouldnt mind it to get off the registry, since the age of 22 my testosterone lvls have been equal to a 100 year old males and then I got a vasectomy on top of it 3 months before my bs charge.