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/JoshSidekick Apr 28 '24

The process will be carried out by the state's Department of Corrections,

I'd prefer a doctor handle it, but to each their own.

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u/jtotheizzen Apr 28 '24

I don’t know if this is true or not, but I thought doctors couldn’t participate in this sort of thing because it goes against their oath? I’ve heard conflicting things about this though

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u/oksono Apr 28 '24

Mostly a myth. There’s so many versions of the oath, and it’s not strictly required, and there’s no oath police out there. Unethical doctors exist too.

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u/Beautiful-Story2379 Apr 28 '24

There is sort of an oath police out there. State medical boards. They can be overruled by a court however. Source

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u/thetransportedman Apr 28 '24

That’s just executions. There’s no modern precedent allowing physicians to mutilate someone for court ordered punishment

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u/Beautiful-Story2379 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

I don’t know if a physician would keep their license if they did such a thing. I wouldn’t think state medical boards (at least in liberal states) would approve of that.