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VA - 'Physical castration' removed from Virginia sex offender bill

Original Article You see folks, we can make a difference, you just have to get up and speak out. 02/03/2011 By Amanda Hess Virginia state Sen. Emmett Hanger has revised the language of his now-infamous bill requesting that the state consider the possibility of physically castrating sex offenders as a form of post-incarceration treatment. Reform Sex Offender Laws of Virginia, an advocacy group which sees the state's sex offender registry as a "useless list of names that the public can no longer use to decipher between those who pose a true threat to society and from those who have been arbitrarily swept up in this legislative predator hysteria," reports on the development: On Tues., Feb. 1, RSOL of Virginia appeared in front of the Senate Education and Health Sub-Committee in order to oppose Hanger's bill, which would examine "the feasibility of the use of physical castration as a treatment option...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).