what do you think about castrating sexual predators as a punishment??
535856
It's an idealistic plan, to punish and put them in pain, however as answered previously, it will not solve the equipment or mentality issue.  I think more should be looked into requiring mental health evaluations for the solutions and decision in consequences.
888875
Put away your pitchforks. If you threaten without trying to help people be cured of it, you're just getting off on feeling superior. IT DOES NOT HELP THE CHILDREN. I  was molested for 10 years as a child and I never wanted to see him tortured. Why? Because I am not a torturer. that would make me the same as him. You are torturers. You just want to see pain and not really help anyone.
837282
Nah, I think it is crazy to think that you (or whomever!) would be punished for being raped by an underage person. It isn't as if you initiated the sex and it was non-consensual so you really couldn't be prosecuted.
702591
They shouldn't.\n\nIt allows them too much freedom to commit new crimes and to follow their victims.\n\nThey're suppossed to be being punished, right?
1134633
The laws need to be overhauled.  Too many judges are lax  enough to keep justice from being  reliably practiced.  Recently a little girl was beaten and killed by a sex offender, and though the murderer confessed, his testimony was not allowed because of what I consider a technicality.  He is free to kill more children right now.  It is intolerable! Male sex offenders who kill should better be castrated and tatooed on the forhead.  In ancient times people practiced a science they got good at where head shape and and head bumps equating to the practice of such crimes called forth surgery  on head bumps that changed the thinking patterns of former creeps and turned them into decent respectable citizens.
716299
The justice system is so royally screwed up that I sometimes wonder if we might even be better off without one at all.\n\nAs someone who was abused by a sexual offender in the past, I would love to know why the accused offenders are getting more sympathy than the victims? That's no different than how the system currently works. Some officials won't believe a kid no matter what they say so the offender is never tried for their crimes and continues to do it.
735554
I would suggest we treat them like any other perophile, perhaps a little worse. They should be tried, convicted and then imprisoned for life. A priest is especially more vulgar and disgusting than others as they are in a position of trust and that trust has been broken. And finally, ex-communication from the church.
1104655
I may be a bit older but I remember when it was a capital offense and rapists got the death penality... This was as recent as the 1960's.  Then came a bleeding heart, liberal society that coddled these monsters, I personally believe these people cannot be reformed by being incarcerated and like a sick animal must be put down.... for their own good as well as societies in general.\n\nNotice I didn't use the politically correct phrase... sex offenders but used the terminology that describes who and what they really are Rapists.and murders... !
663960
Nothing at all.....yes they should be punished to the fullest extint of the law.  How does it look for the people who are put in place to enforce the law constantly break it and get away scott free?  This may go on but it takes courageous individuals who know of this type of inappropriate behavior to come forward and make this unsavory deeds known.  No matter what the cost....a philosopher once said....without struggle there is no success.......
1029324
I'm with ya.  Forcing them out of certain areas DOES NOT stop the problem!  It creates a bigger problem for the offender, which puts them under stress, which makes them more likely to re-offend.  Also, proximity to a school or playground or whatever will not stop someone who truly wants to commit an offense.  Instead of creating these ridiculous laws...how about we try to help the person not to re-offend?  Contrary to popular belief, sex offenders can be treated and can change.  Not all of them, of course, but many of them.  Yes, what they did is horrific, and they deserve to be punished for the offense.  But making their lives miserable (and the lives of their families) doesn't do anything but create a bigger problem.
520167
thom has a point but surely you must know thom that we are referring to the pedophiles and child rapists. Personally I don't think these creeps should be fed on taxpayers money. Let them do manual labor and earn their keep instead of giving them a gym to work out in so they can become a threat to the prison guards. Execution gets a nod from me as does setting them loose in the south and telling some good ole red necks where and when they'll be dropped off. Those backwoods boys'll fix 'em good ...lol
914533
If we are going forward as a country with the notion that punishment should be heaped on punishment, and crime should be heaped on crime, then yes.  \n\nMy true belief is that we should just stick to the original crime and enforce the laws that are already on the books.  Yes it is horrible if a homosexual man is assaulted because he is homosexual, but when you boil it down, is it any more terrible than the little old lady that is assaulted because someone wants to take her purse?\n\nMy belief is our courts only need to enforce the laws on the books, but our politicians believe that more laws (justifying the politicians job) equal better life.  It is so not true, I doubt one victim has been saved because a criminal thought, "man, if I kick this guys a**, I'll get a year in jail, but if this guy is (insert race/gender/sexuality/religion) I'll get another year so I won't do it. \n\nThat just doesn't happen.
247127
Do you mean pedophiles or all sex offenders? \n\nI know a guy that peed off the side of a boat and another boat passed by and a boy saw him. He has to register. Should he be locked up for life? \n\nMaybe you should do some research and educate yourself before asking such questions. Be more specific... I think you meant to ask if pedophiles and violent rapists should be sentenced to life... is that what you meant?
1055061
i agree with you. i think we should tie murderers rapists and child molesters to a pole, beat them senseless and slash them up to pieces and display it for all the world to see.
937300
He should be castrated,that's disgusting and I feel so sad for the poor animal.\n\nAccording to Rep. Steve King, illegal aliens commit 12\nmurders every day in the U.S. and kill another 13 daily\nthrough drunk driving incidents.\n\nThat's more than 9,000 people killed every year by\nillegal aliens.\n\nAs World Net Daily's Joseph Farah points out, that means\nmore people are murdered by illegal aliens in one year\nthan have been killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars\nsince their inception.\n\nRep. King also notes that on average eight children are\nsexually abused by illegal aliens every day -- that's\nover 2,920 annually. And that's just a small portion\nof the illegal alien crime wave.\n+ + 4.1 million crimes by illegal aliens\n\nYes I know that people from all country's commit crimes\nand do heinous things,but this was about an illegal so I answered that way.Its not racists its facts.I see many horrible crimes from all races.
823071
rape isn't about sex, it's about power, control, and the thrill of victimization. sex offenders cannot be rehabilitated. and certainly not by the use of chemical castration w/o also combining medications that extinguish the sexual urges...there are many ways to rape and sexually offend other than using a penis.
962103
The only problem with this form of punishment is it does nothing to remove the mental drive of the perpetrator. He will still have the same thoughts. Maybe a combination, frontal lobotomy and castration, will do the trick, but I can't see any State passing this into law. I'm more in favor of the two strikes and your shot approach. Besides, bullets are so much cheaper than surgery.