In a message dated 5/25/2002 10:16:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jaxone1234@msn.com writes: > > Governor To Study Castration Bill > > .......governor will study very closely the language in a bill that would > allow chemical and surgical castration of criminals convicted of sex > crimes.....the permanence of castration in light of the Jeffrey Todd Pierce > case (wrongful conviction) is obviously an issue.......the measure permits > judges to order chemical castration for people convicted of committing > first or second degree rape and forcible sodomy. > All that would accomplish is a REDUCED chance of impregnatinmg future victims, even castrated men still have the "desire" and act on it. Rape is an act of Violent Control, not sexual desire or "love". Castration isn't going to solve the issues. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)