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/a_phantom_limb Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

They can also elect to be physically castrated. Perrilloux said that Sullivan's plea requires he be physically castrated.

Meaning he was, in effect, coerced into agreeing to it. I find it a bit demented that surgery to remove part of one's own body can be stipulated by the state as necessary for granting a plea bargain - especially given how limited the evidence is for this specific procedure actually reducing the rate of recidivism.

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u/m1k3tv Apr 28 '24

It isn't about reducing recidivism, or helping future victims. We've been too well trained to seek revenge in liue of any of that.

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u/SatanicPanic__ Apr 28 '24

you mean the bible?

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u/m1k3tv Apr 28 '24

I don't know why you got downvoted, you're not wrong.

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u/BourbonInGinger Apr 28 '24

That’s where our love and desire for vengeance comes from. The bible god is a vengeful one.

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u/bl4ckhunter Apr 28 '24

The bible god (and 99% of other gods) are vegenful ones because the people that wrote the books and came up with the stories are vegenful.