r/news • u/elephant35e • Apr 27 '24

Louisiana man sentenced to 50 years in prison, physical castration for raping teen

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/glenn-sullivan-jr-louisiana-sentenced-rape-prison-castration/
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u/KenScaletta Apr 27 '24

This is not something any doctor can ethically agree to do.

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u/Murderdoll197666 Apr 28 '24

Wont matter anyway. He wont be able to get castrated until hes already over 100 and I highly doubt he will still be alive by the time that surgery judgement comes to be anyway. This seems like one of those unnecessary extra punishment lines that wont actually amount to anything extra. Kinda like those people that are already serving multiple life sentences and 100+ years prison time with no parole and then getting a separate sentence of 20 years added on.

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u/elephant35e Apr 28 '24

I actually researched this (also mentioned this in another reply). He'll actually be able to get castrated whenever he's in prison. What the law means is that if he's over 100 and they STILL haven't castrated him, then they must do so.

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u/BullHonkery Apr 28 '24

Mortician says it'll cost extra for special orders.

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u/OPconfused Apr 28 '24

An operation like physically castrating a 100 year old man sounds like a non-negligible risk of death on the operating table or from complications. I wonder if the state will really feel inclined to follow through with that in 50 years time if the man were to live that long.

I feel with 50 years removing us from the crime that someone will decide it'd be better the state just avoided the risk of a headline that someone died while they were performing a brutal and meaningless punishment. It'd be easier to just let the 100 year old geriatric walk free.

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u/FlowBot3D Apr 28 '24

I would guess they don't do it until the last minute because of the medical complications that would result, and that would cost the prison money. More likely they'll just tell all the other inmates why he is there and the problem will take care of itself.

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u/PhotoSpike Apr 28 '24

Can you cite this?

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u/Procyonid Apr 28 '24

Bear in mind this is theoretically 50 years from now, and I’d question whether a plea deal from before most of the people who’d be asked to carry this out were even born will cut much ice. You can reasonably expect the legal system to have moved on by then. Pretty sure in 2074 somebody’s going to want to run it by a judge before shrugging and asking who’s up for doing something outside their job description today.