chemical castration

(Newser) - A Louisiana man who admitted he tried to rape a young child has agreed to be physically and chemically castrated. KPLC reports that 37-year-old Thomas Allen McCartney acquiesced to the procedure as part of a plea deal, which also includes his acceptance of a 40-year sentence in state prison, according...

(Newser) - The UK is planning to expand its voluntary chemical castration program for sex offenders to 20 prisons—and officials are considering making it mandatory. "I'm not squeamish about taking these further measures," Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Thursday, per the BBC . "It is vital that this...

(Newser) - Males convicted of a sex offense against a child under the age of 13 in Alabama will be forced to undergo chemical castration in the month before they're released from custody. Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed into law the bill passed by the state legislature on...