The Unkindest Cut: A Czech Solution for Sex Offenders
A doctor makes an incision in a man's scrotal sack and, deftly wielding his scalpel, quickly removes both testicles. In the Czech Republic that simple operation is the punishment for male sex offenders. But to the Council of Europe, the region's leading human rights body, the procedure is "invasive, irreversible and mutilating." In a report issued last week the Council called the punishment "degrading" and demanded it be scrapped immediately.
Castration as a punishment dates back thousands of years, and across all world cultures.
Many other studies emphasize the mental nature of deviant sexual interests, which cannot be cured through surgery.
Investigators found five cases of it being performed on legally incapacitated offenders who were not capable of making an informed decision.
Civil rights groups say any kind of castration, even if reversible, could take society down the road to eugenics.
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