BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Louisiana lawmakers gave ...

Baton Rouge, La. — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crimes against young children under legislation approved Monday, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Louisiana became the first state that can order child rapists to have their testicles removed if the victim is under the age of 13. The law, which went into effect ...

A bill that would allow people convicted of sex crimes with victims under the age of 13 to be surgically castrated has been approved by Louisiana legislators. SB 371 overwhelmingly passed by lawmakers ...

A handful of states have similar measures in place, though the ACLU has previously spoken out against chemical castration for prisoners UPDATE: Governor Kay Ivey has approved a bill in Alabama ...

Nigel Feetham, the Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, said on Thursday that a proposal to consider chemical castration ...

South Korea could expand the practice after high profile child rape case In South Korea, the abduction and rape of a 7-year-old girl last week outraged the public and prompted President Lee Myung-Bak ...

A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill ...