Chemical casttration appropriate

If you don't have children of your own just imagine for one minute having a beautiful 8-year-old boy or girl who has just had their complete innocence taken away. Now picture yourself at court looking at the disgusting man who is to blame for all your child's nightmares. Beware you child molesters of California, you will pay the price!

According to the California Department of Corrections, more than half of all paroled sex offenders commit a new sex offense or parole violation less than one year after release from prison. Three out of four commit a new offense or parole violation within two years.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, California will become the first state in the nation to "castrate chemically" twice-convicted child molesters under a bill to be signed by Gov. Pete Wilson. Wait a minute, twice-convicted child molesters. It should only take one time for a molester to receive what some lawyers question to be cruel punishment.

The "chemical castration" measure has made civil rights advocates very angry. Advocates say it raises serious constitutional questions about the right to privacy and the right to procreate. Why not take away their rights to procreate? Most likely, they'll end up molesting their own children. Civil rights advocates say the courts are taking away the decision of the individuals own body. Well, the convicted molester should have thought about that when they took the innocence away from a child's body.

Under this bill molesters will receive injections of Depo-Provera, a testosterone-inhibiting drug to reduce their sex drive, before being released from prison. The shots will continue until a panel of experts deem the molester to be rehabilitated or until the parole period ends. But are these shots enough to cure a child molester?

Larry Don McQuay, a convicted child molester from Texas, has sought castration. McQuay said it would help him avoid a repeat of his past crimes. He claims to have molested more than 240 times. At least, he's willing to admit to his inexcusable crime. The convicted should not be given a choice.

Wilson said this bill would take away the urge "to attack and attack again." According to the Chronicle, the new law lets convicted offenders choose between temporary chemical castration or permanent castration by surgical removal of the testicles. There were 244 inmates admitted to a state prison in 1995 who could have qualified for the treatment. The Department of Corrections estimates it will cost about $2,380 a year for each parolee to be given the weekly injections. Why spend that much money to only resolve half of the problem. I say we remove their testicles like the dogs they are!

[ Golden Gater Online October 3, 1996 ]

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