Korea Vs Castration! Fight!

[dv8nation.livejournal.com]

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/03/116_132250.html

All sex offenders will be subject to chemical castration regardless of the age of their victims beginning March 19, the Ministry of Justice said Sunday. Under the current law, the authorities can consider chemical castration for those who commit sexual crimes against minors under the age of 16 and repeat offenders. The revised law calling for wider use of hormonal treatment was promulgated on Dec. 18. “The expansion of chemical castration to all sex criminals will help boost the protection of people from sexual crimes,” said Lee Chul-hee, an official from the ministry. I have mixed feeling on this. In general Korea is a pretty safe country. But  I'm starting my third year here and I've had enough time to learn about how things work under the surface here and just how frequent sex crimes are and how often they're not reported is really disturbing. So anything that cuts down on that sounds like a good idea. But just as disturbing is the human rights aspect. Especially since it seems the chems used in this can have long-term negative side effects. Thoughts?

Comments

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

"Beyond a shadow of a doubt" used to be achieved via 'hair experts' that would match hair at the scene of a crime to the suspect's. Once genetics came into play this was found to be a completely unscientific procedure and locked up a lot of innocent people. So yeah, legally the term means something different than what we think it should mean.

[lantean-breeze.livejournal.com]

That's creepy. Needless to say, methods matter. Yikes!