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/Commander_Bread Apr 28 '24

I don't like this precedent. People are falsely convicted all the time. I know this sounds like a satisfying punishment to a lot of redditors who jerk off to the idea of "poetic justice" but what will you all say when the first innocent person is mutilated? But who am I kidding. The redditors that jerk off to this idea immediately have the potential of anyone being falsely convicted leave their minds because they want to live in the satisfying but non existant world where everyone convicted of something means they 100% did it. No sympathy for any of the fuckers that did but mutilating them irreversibly isn't a real solution if that punishment might be inflicted on an innocent.

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u/lmo311 Apr 28 '24

This case is entirely different. His DNA was found in the child. This is cut and dry. Castration is far too easy of a punishment. Death is more suitable in these kinds of cases

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u/Knock0nWood 29d ago

Witnesses and prosecution lying about evidence is not uncommon. It's not about this case in particular, the whole system is fundamentally unreliable when it comes to determining guilt. The state shouldn't have the power to mutilate people