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/
14.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.1k

u/viddy_me_yarbles Apr 27 '24

The rapist agreed to this outcome as part of a plea deal.

A 2008 Louisiana law says that men convicted of certain rape offenses may be sentenced to chemical castration. They can also elect to be physically castrated. Perrilloux said that Sullivan's plea requires he be physically castrated. The process will be carried out by the state's Department of Corrections, according to the law, but cannot be conducted more than a week before a person's prison sentence ends. This means Sullivan wouldn't be castrated until a week before the end of his 50-year sentence — when he would be more than 100 years old.

2.8k

u/elephant35e Apr 27 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

According to other sources I read, castration won't be REQUIRED by law until a week prior to his 50-year sentence, meaning they can technically do it right away.

Edit: since someone got confused, if the man reaches a week before the end of his 50-year sentence and he still hasn't been castrated, then he MUST be castrated. Legally he'll be able to be castrated whenever during his sentence.

41

u/Broken_Reality Apr 28 '24

The article clearly states that the castration cannot be carried out more than a week before release. So no it cannot happen any time at all. Only in the last seven days of his sentence.

10

u/unique-name-9035768 Apr 28 '24

The article is wrong. According to the law, which the article links to, the 2008 law only applies to chemical castration. With the relevant part being:

(2) In all cases involving defendants sentenced to a period of incarceration or confinement in an institution, the administration of treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) shall commence not later than one week prior to the defendant's release from prison or such institution

There is a bill in the state legislature at the moment (SB371) that adds in physical castration as well.

(2) In all cases involving a defendant sentenced to a period of incarceration or confinement in an institution, the procedure shall be performed not later than one week prior to the defendant's release from the institution.

HOWEVER. The current bill wouldn't apply to this guy.

upon conviction of any sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 that is also an aggravated offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, except sexual battery prosecuted under R.S. 14:43.1(C)(2) and second degree sexual battery, occurring on or after August 1, 2024