Thousands of sex offenders in England and Wales could get libido-suppressing drugs

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• comrade_twisty@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wasn’t it proven over and over again that it does not work as most offenders are morivated by the power dynamic and not by sexual gratification.

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  • homik@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This does sound like one of those “cruelty is the point” type endeavours.

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    • Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The point is to put them on medication and release them from prison.

      However, ministers are re-evaluating whether to press ahead with Shabana Mahmood’s pledge to explore mandatory chemical castration of serious sex offenders, such as paedophiles and rapists.

      This part is the cruelty is the point part.

      Not to defend rapists and paedophiles, but chemical castration was what they did to Alan Turing. The government and the legal system cannot be trusted to implement such harsh punishment and not inflict it on innocents.

      And more poignantly, Turing’s castration was voluntary as a condition of his early release.

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• AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  When you’re all out of ideas, trot out the old classics. Welcome back, chemical castration.

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And the extra strong will have to wear heavy weights

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