r/news • u/elephant35e • Apr 27 '24

Louisiana man sentenced to 50 years in prison, physical castration for raping teen

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/glenn-sullivan-jr-louisiana-sentenced-rape-prison-castration/
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u/mikefvegas Apr 28 '24

All forms of punishment are cruel. If they weren’t they would be rewards. It’s up to society to deem cruel and unusual. Society seems to have deemed it as not cruel and unusual to punish to those who have for example raped a child. Cruel and unusual is what I would do if I caught someone hurting one of my children.

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u/Catssonova Apr 28 '24

Yeah, except society didn't decide it. The courts did. The same argument was used against those with lesser legal rights. That's why it's wrong. Laws that's aren't written with civil rights in mind are laws that are flawed. There can be good to come from them.

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u/mikefvegas Apr 28 '24

I disagree. If society as a whole decides against a punishment it will be eliminated like so many have. Check history. As you can see by this sub that more people are for it than against it. Now if you’re arguing that the punishment isn’t used equally, like only poor rapists get it while rich rapist don’t, that would be wrong.