Castrated Child Molester

Do you think Castrated child molester be free?

  • Should we forgive him and let him go free?

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • Or should he be punish forever, because children are still hurting?

    Votes: 31 81.6%
  • Total voters
    38
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Updated:2006-07-03 10:20:00
Castrated Child Molester Seeks Freedom

SANTA ANA, Calif. (July 3) - A convicted child molester who got surgically castrated to curb his urges wants to be released from custody. Kevin Reilly won a court order and paid to have his testicles removed in 2003.


"He felt that this was the only way to stop his cravings and immoral conduct," said his attorney, Orange County Deputy Public Defender Dinah Granafei.


Reilly says he has completed a sex-offender treatment program, undergone castration and is no longer a threat to children. He wants to be freed from Atascadero Mental Hospital, where he has been locked up since 2000 when the Orange County District Attorney's Office filed a petition labeling him a Sexually Violent Predator.


District Attorney Tony Rackauckas says Reilly remains a sexual predator who should remain incarcerated.


"Just because they have been castrated doesn't change what's going on in their minds," he said.


Orange County Superior Court Judge John Conley is presiding over a Sexually Violent Predator hearing and will decide if there is sufficient evidence to order a jury trial later this year.


Reilly has been sentenced to 14 years in prison since 1983 in three separate child molestation cases.


He has been in prison or hospitals since 1998.


Barrie Hafler, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Mental Health at Atascadero, said she knows of fewer than 20 convicted child molesters and rapists who have undergone castration in the last decade.
 
Castrating someone isn't going to remove their urges. It's still in their minds.
 
This actually speaks to a larger issue, in my opinion. According to the copied article, the fellow was sentenced to 14 years since 1983. That would put the end of his term at 1997/98. Why is he still being punished when he has paid the penalty the courts set on his crime? Doesn't it violate his eighth amendment rights to set a sentence for child molestation that is so vastly different from the sentence for any other crime? It is both cruel and relatively unusual to require a list of criminals, to insist on constant monitoring, and the rest, AFTER he's served his sentence. If he shouldn't be set free, why was his sentence only 14 years? Since it was only 14 years, he should be permitted to attempt to put a life together.
 
He should be kept in prison for the rest of his life whether or not he is castrated!
 
redailing said:
This actually speaks to a larger issue, in my opinion. According to the copied article, the fellow was sentenced to 14 years since 1983. That would put the end of his term at 1997/98. Why is he still being punished when he has paid the penalty the courts set on his crime? Doesn't it violate his eighth amendment rights to set a sentence for child molestation that is so vastly different from the sentence for any other crime? It is both cruel and relatively unusual to require a list of criminals, to insist on constant monitoring, and the rest, AFTER he's served his sentence. If he shouldn't be set free, why was his sentence only 14 years? Since it was only 14 years, he should be permitted to attempt to put a life together.
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Too bad for him.

If he violated a kid then he should suffer for the rest of his life.
 
Well, and all right. I can accept that as an answer. But shouldn't we then be changing the sentence to life in prison?

Additionally, I'm curious. Why this rather rabid stance against this particular crime? What is it about children that makes this more heinous than, say, murder?
 
Child Molesters can scarred a kid's life forever.... Messed up his or her sex life. Lost innocence and being defiled and non pure.

Even though long ago, Children could marry at a young age, even in Japan at age 10. But that is different....

Children were raped, and really really tear up their life.
 
redailing said:
This actually speaks to a larger issue, in my opinion. According to the copied article, the fellow was sentenced to 14 years since 1983. That would put the end of his term at 1997/98. Why is he still being punished when he has paid the penalty the courts set on his crime? Doesn't it violate his eighth amendment rights to set a sentence for child molestation that is so vastly different from the sentence for any other crime? It is both cruel and relatively unusual to require a list of criminals, to insist on constant monitoring, and the rest, AFTER he's served his sentence. If he shouldn't be set free, why was his sentence only 14 years? Since it was only 14 years, he should be permitted to attempt to put a life together.
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I concur! Let him go, he has served his time and is no longer a threat.
 
I don't believe in complete redemption when it comes to child molesters. Nor do I believe that castration can curb a molester's urges to violate the physical and psychological boundaries of a child. There are many ways to hurt a child without the penetration of a penis.
 
It all depends on each individual. Some deserve to rot in prison, some deserve a chance.

As for children being harmed by molestation, it also depends on how the children percieve their experiences. Remember, just because a child had a sexual experience doesn't mean s/he is harmed psychologically. Some did just fine without any problems. Don't assume that once a child had a sexual experience, it's all over. An obsession over child's innocence is really an adult problem, not a child problem. It's very important to look after a child's well-being rather than to say, "what the guy did to you was very evil and wrong..." because that kind of comment could make the child feel guilty and dirty. The parent of a child may actually inflict the most psychological damage on the child, not the molestor himself.

As for molestors, if they crave for sex with children, then they should be monitored extensively. If they cannot help with their sexual urges, they can try castration. None of you really know how much of their sexual urges are caused by their hormones. There are plenty of evidence that hormones can stimulate their sexual urges but if the child molestor is more interested in power control, then castration would not work.
 
pek1 said:
I concur! Let him go, he has served his time and is no longer a threat.
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No longer a threat?

Would you allow him near your children? (I don't know if you have any, but suppose if you did....) Can you trust him?

If a sex offender/child molester was to move in next door and I had children...I would be sooooooo :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: .

I do not trust sex offenders/child molesters at all. Not even if they have already done hard time in prison. They still and always will be a threat to society.
 
OOps. I voted wrong. I'm overly tired, and punched the wrong button. :whistle:

Anyway, I don't think that we should give a molestor a free pass simply because he's castrated. I believe that castration is a tool used to curb the physical urges. The sickness is in the mind. Therefore, these creeps should be monitered for life, whether they are castrated or not.
 
Most of the answers above are emotion-based and even though the responses are understandable, the law is the law. We cannot be reduced to vigiliantism! Write to your lawmakers! In the meantime, there is a public list for each State (I think each State, not sure) of the names and current addresses of molesters who have served their time.
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
No longer a threat?

Would you allow him near your children? (I don't know if you have any, but suppose if you did....) Can you trust him?

If a sex offender/child molester was to move in next door and I had children...I would be sooooooo :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: .

I do not trust sex offenders/child molesters at all. Not even if they have already done hard time in prison. They still and always will be a threat to society.
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I agreed with you!

And, a Sex Offender/Child Molester wouldn't CHANGE. I would say 2% of them finally CHANGE! Mostly of them, dont change becuase it's tough for them same like with us... Example: I'm addict to having sex with my boyfriend, I can't stop it same like they would not stop from touching the child... That's the fact, when I saw someone posted the thread that have the website for sex offender/child molester that we can find where they live in and know who and such like that, I noticed that they tend to be CLOSE to the park that where kids go to play and the school and blah that where kids TEND to go. Honestly, I noticed that mostly of % that they live near by where kids are going to.
 
Sweetheart said:
I agreed with you!

And, a Sex Offender/Child Molester wouldn't CHANGE. I would say 2% of them finally CHANGE! Mostly of them, dont change becuase it's tough for them same like with us... Example: I'm addict to having sex with my boyfriend, I can't stop it same like they would not stop from touching the child... That's the fact, when I saw someone posted the thread that have the website for sex offender/child molester that we can find where they live in and know who and such like that, I noticed that they tend to be CLOSE to the park that where kids go to play and the school and blah that where kids TEND to go. Honestly, I noticed that mostly of % that they live near by where kids are going to.
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That's right.

Recently I and my boyfriend were curious as to whether there were any sex offenders living near us so we checked the website....we found out that there is a sex offender living in next building in my apartment complex! And this is a family apartment complex, so many young kids!!! :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
 
I wonder if he was my sister's patient. No he should not be allowed to be out even he had castrated. I do not believe he is cured by it. It is our duty to protect our children from those sicko.
 
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