Rights group calls to ban Czech castration law

[mrpanadabear]

(CNN) -- The Czech Republic's practice of surgically castrating convicted sex offenders is "invasive, irreversible and mutilating" and should stop immediately, the Council of Europe's Anti-Torture Committee said in a report made public Thursday.

The central European country castrated at least 94 prisoners in the 10 years up to April 2008, when

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[zeldias]

"surgically castrating convicted sex offenders is "invasive, irreversible and mutilating"

A lot like child molestation, amirite?

[latenightapathy]

all sex offenders molest children? even the nonviolent ones who are having this done to them?

[zeldias]

Got me there. I read it wrong.

[fenris_lorsrai]

Castration is testicles only. Penectomy is removal of the penis. They're two different things.

And thus how you have some castrated individuals still sexually assaulting people. They can't impregnate, but can still penetrate.

[bellichka]

chop chop

[bluetooth16]

Rapists and child molesters should definitely get castrated. Non violent offenders, no way.

[train_diskense]

For once I agree with you.

[___closetome]

lol for once I agree with you too.

[escherichiacola]

One of the problems I have with this, much like with the death penalty, is the potential of abuse. The court appointed guardians signing consent forms rings uncomfortable close to Howard Dully's lobotomy.