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Louisiana man sentenced to 50 years in prison, physical castration for raping teen
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It sounds like there's a good chance the castration would never happen at all, since it has to be done 2 weeks before the prison sentence ends.
Not to antagonize you, but like, rhetorically, is that not still cruel and unusual?
I mean, nothing about this sounds constitutional to me. Hate to be the "stick up for a piece of shit" guy, but...
Defending constitutional rights requires sticking up for pieces of shit a lot. There's a famous quote about that, involving defending freedom of speech and defending scoundrels.
Don't hate being that guy. We need skeptics and rational thinkers to combat all the hysteria and sensationalism this generation proudly perpetuates.
It's part of being an adult in a sea of children.
It is definitely unusual, but I don't think it would actually be cruel unless the dude lives long enough that it actually is carried out. If the sentence isn't carried out, is simply being given it cruel? 🤔
The judge is compelled by the law to have that as part of the sentence, but the stipulations of that same law have provided a loophole whereby the judge condemns the person to a lengthy prison sentence that would give a greater chance of having the castration part never happen. If that was the judge's intent all along, it's kind of brilliant malicious compliance.
The law itself that makes that a legit sentence is pretty fucked up, though.
So you're saying anything goes in sentencing as long as the judge is pretty sure the prisoner won't live long enough for it to happen?
I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion. That's not at all what I said or implied.
This sure seems to imply it.
So if that doesn't mean that a judge can sentence a prisoner to whatever they want as long as they don't think the prisoner will live long enough to serve it, what does it mean?
It was a philosophical question on if others would still consider it cruel if the sentence given doesn't get carried out preceded by my opinion about the same question. I don't think it is cruel if the cruelty part doesn't actually happen.
Which would make it legal to mete out. So...
I see what you're getting at now.
No. Heck no, man. Wasn't even in my brain. I don't think the sentence should be something that could be given legally, I was more focused on the here and now of this one case and getting pedantic about the actual action of the sentence and not the legal ramifications.
Okay, fair enough.
I'm not sure if Louisiana laws gives sentence reduction for good behavior, in general or in this circumstance. Would you not think merely living with the idea that if you behave in such a way that early release is a possibility and would result in physical castration is cruel?