New Poland Law - a suggestion

[cebulifer]

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New Poland Law

Poland okays forcible castration for pedophiles

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland on Friday approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for pedophiles in some cases, sparking criticism from human rights groups.

Under the law, sponsored by Poland's center-right government, pedophiles convicted of raping children under the age of 15 years or a close relative would have to undergo chemical therapy on their release from prison.

"The purpose of this action is to improve the mental health of the convict, to lower his libido and thereby to reduce the risk of another crime being committed by the same person," the government said in a statement.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said late last year he wanted obligatory castration for pedophiles, whom he branded 'degenerates'. Tusk said he did not believe "one can use the term 'human' for such individuals, such creatures."

"Therefore I don't think protection of human rights should refer to these kind of events," Tusk also said.

His remarks drew criticism from human rights groups but he never retracted them.

"Introducing any mandatory treatment raises doubts as such a requirement is never reasonable and life can always produce cases that lawmakers could never have even dreamt of," said Piotr Kladoczny from the Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights.

"If somebody is of sound mind, we punish him. If he is sick, we try to cure him -- that's how it works in Polish law. This bill introduces both approaches. As far as I know, this makes our law the strictest in Europe on this issue," Kladoczny said.

The bill, which also increases prison sentences for rape and incest, must still be approved by the upper chamber of parliament. This is seen as a formality as Tusk's Civic Platform party holds a majority of its 100 seats.

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Maybe our congressmen and senators can look at his law. What do you guys think?

[babypaupau]

that should also be implemented here, or something of the sort.

[cebulifer]

maayo pud tong explanation sa Prime Minister noh? Pedophiles are not human, therefore cannot be under human rights.

[babypaupau]

maayo pud tong explanation sa Prime Minister noh? Pedophiles are not human, therefore cannot be under human rights.

hahaha, for some reason i find that statement amusing. pero btaw, people in their right minds wouldn't do such crimes. they are sick and they need to be cured. if only our government would have the guts to make and implement such laws, i think this country would be better off.

[edshark]

nah.. if dri ni sa pinas... kadaghan kaha sa mag rally kunohay.

[samsungster]

there must a law like that here!

[elvishtattoo]

naka balo ba kaha si Roman Polanski ani?

just asking...

[kit_cebu]

implementation IS the problem here... it's only in the philippines one can be re-elected even if proven a friggin' scum... choke on it mr.estrada...

i hope these types of punishments will be enforced... i hope that death sentence will be here again... taking a life of a criminal is logical... choke on it mr.Commision on Human Rights...

[BoMBriones]

its the latest on population control which we all badly need.......

[reptoid]

I don't think those people can be cured or reformed, there is something fundamentally wrong with their brains. Effective solutions must surely be either locking them up forever or rendering them physically incapable of being a threat. The Polish solution certainly warrants serious consideration.