A Louisiana judge sentenced a convicted sex offender to castration for a second-degree rape charge April 7, according to KTBS. Caddo District Judge Ramona Emanuel sentenced Floyd Lee Cathron, 61, to ...

In addition to castration, Thomas McCartney's plea deal includes 40 years in state prison, according to a Louisiana district ...

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Chemical castration involves injection of medication that blocks testosterone production. Under the measure, certain offenders must receive the medication before they are paroled from prison. A judge ...

Louisiana is now the first state to allow surgical castration to be used as a punishment for sex crimes under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry. This law, which will go into effect Aug.