Though leading the polls in Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has received additional and unwanted attention in recent days for his role in pardoning a convicted rapist who went on to rape and murder at least one and possibly two women after his release in 1999.

Wayne Dumond was convicted in 1984 of raping a teenaged girl who was a distant cousin of Bill Clinton, then governor of Arkansas. While out on bail and awaiting trial, Dumond claimed men in black ski masks broke into his home and forcibly castrated him. The authorities claimed Dumond cut off his own testicles in an attempt to curry favor with the jury. He was sentenced to life in prison, and his testicles ended up in a jar on the desk of a controversial Arkansas sheriff.
Testosterone levels and consequently men's libidos can be lowered through surgically removing a man's testicles or treating him with drugs. For that reason, castration has been used by psychiatrists and mandated by various states to treat some sex offenders.

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Unfortunately, this would fall under "Cruel and Unusual" .

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Originally posted by Boogerhead:
Unfortunately, this would fall under "Cruel and Unusual" .

Pretty much like being raped.

It is my understanding that, at least popularly, rape is considered a violent crime as opposed to a sexual crime.

I don't know that de-balling someone would actually decrese the propensity for violence which is most likely a mental issue for offenders rather than a testosterone issue.

I think you could say the same for the propensity to rape as well.

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Originally posted by UberDog:
It is my understanding that, at least popularly, rape is considered a violent crime as opposed to a sexual crime.

I don't know that de-balling someone would actually decrese the propensity for violence which is most likely a mental issue for offenders rather than a testosterone issue.

I think you could say the same for the propensity to rape as well.

Well, it would certainly decrease something

not really. A fair percentage of rapes occur with forign objects used to do the invasion.

Well, having spent time watching (gelded) horses "playing" in a field...

No.

As long as you use .45 ACP for anesthetic, I don't see any problems with the procedure being cruel and it should solve the problem neatly.

uhh...
yeah, that'd do it.

I haven't looked at the evidence carefully... But now perhaps I will... Testosterone levels correlate with a bunch of behavioral measures in males, at least, that's the simple story...

It's kind of simple to get ahold of steroids though...I was surprised to see the recidivism figures noted in the article cited; they are really low compared to other crimes.

It feels as though it's a fitting retributionI , but I expect that it won't work as a deterrent any more than the death penalty supposedly does (inasmuch as nobody expects to get caught), and if it's simple enough to get everything to work again by taking testosterone, then it seems pretty useless.

My "tough on crime" beliefs are the most right-wing thing about me, so yeah there's a big part of me that says HELL YES, THE FUCKERS DESERVE IT. On the other hand, lobotomies could be effective. No appeal, no problem

Castration, as a method of rape prevention, is probably most effective during the act of rape itself.

At least, that's my opinion.

Not if the rape isn't being committed with the perpetrators penis.

Opinions = rectums, especially yours, kenmeer. The stench is so much worse. (Probably because of the fermenting grey matter so firmly lodged up there ever since the rectal-cranial inversion you underwent back in the eighties.)

Does castration stop rapists? Dunno, but I bet it makes their eyes water...

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Originally posted by Boogerhead:
Not if the rape isn't being committed with the perpetrators penis.

Opinions = rectums, especially yours, kenmeer. The stench is so much worse. (Probably because of the fermenting grey matter so firmly lodged up there ever since the rectal-cranial inversion you underwent back in the eighties.)

I'm not feeling the love, B. Nor am I seeing the wit. But do keep trying.

What I wanna know is why you weren't on my ignore list? I hadn't changed the setting...

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I'm not feeling the love, B. Nor am I seeing the wit.

HOnestly, do you think this surprised anyone?