South Korean president,Lee Myung-Bak
South Korea government will on Friday 25th May chemically castrate a sex offender convicted of repeated crimes against children, the country's first use of the punishment.
According to the officials of the Justice Ministry, the 45-year-old man will get an injection that lowers testosterone-producing hormones and aims to inhibit sexual impulses.
South Korea passed a law in 2010 allowing judges or a Justice Ministry panel the option of ordering chemical castration after a series of violent sexual assaults on children sparked public outrage.
The man to be castrated this week was convicted four times between 1984 and 2002 of raping or sexually molesting girls under the ages of 13, the ministry said in a separate statement. A psychiatric test has concluded the man is a pedophile and needs medication.
He will be released from prison in July under the condition that he receives injections every three months for three years, according to the ministry.
Under the law, those who refuse or miss an injection could be returned to prison for up to seven years.
Other countries also have been moving ahead with laws allowing chemical castration for sex offenders.
Russian lawmakers in October gave first-round approval to a bill that would impose chemical castration on repeat sex offenders. Poland legalized the procedure in 2009 for offenders who rape minors or close relatives.
Already, Britain, Denmark and Sweden offer chemical castration drugs to sex offenders on a voluntary basis. In the United States, several States have laws allowing chemical castration.
culled from FOXNEWS
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