NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)

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Started a thread on that topic back in April.

Louisiana man sentenced to castration - this can't be constitutional, can it?

A 54-year-old man in Louisiana has pleas guilty to raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, and in addition to a sentence of 50 years, is to undergo physical castration by the state Department of Corrections. The article makes it clear that the castration is unlikely to actually happen - the law, which was passed in 2008, requires that it be done no sooner than the last week of his incarceration, when he would be 104 years old. Still, this just doesn’t feel legal to me - seems a clear case…