×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Louisiana Becomes First State in Nation to Allow Judges to Order Surgical Castration for Sex Offenders
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2024
by Jo Ellen Nott
published in Criminal Legal News
October, 2024, page 45
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Surgery,
Sex Offender Treatment,
Chemical Castration.
Location:
Louisiana.
by Jo Ellen Nott
In a controversial move among its “get tough on crime” measures advanced in the February special legislative session, Louisiana became the first state to permit surgical castration as a punishment for sex crimes under a new law signed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry on June 11, ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Criminal Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- The Rise of Mass Supervision: From Rehabilitative Alternative to Shadow Carceral State, by Casey Bastian
- California Court of Appeal Announces Crime Defendant ‘Was Convicted’ of, Not Crime ‘Could Have Been Convicted’ of Today, Governs Eligibility for Removal From Sex Offender Registry, by Douglas Ankney
- Ohio Supreme Court Announces Self-Defense Jury Instruction Does Not Require Intent to Harm or Kill Assailant, by David Reutter
- Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, by Anthony Accurso
- Fifth Circuit Announces Geofence Warrants Are Unconstitutional ‘Modern-Day General Warrants’, by Sam Rutherford
- Federal Judges Closing Loophole That Permits Government to Conduct Warrantless Searches of Cellphones at Border, by Douglas Ankney
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Trial Court Violated Defendant’s ‘Due Process’ Right to Be Present During Zoom Probation Revocation Hearing by Muting Him, by Sam Rutherford
- Kansas Supreme Court Announces Complete and Wrongful Denial of Defendant’s Constitutional Right to Testify Constitutes ‘Structural Error’ and Reverses Convictions Where Defendant Removed From Stand and Entire Testimony Stricken, by Douglas Ankney
- Sixth Circuit Strikes Retroactive Application of Parts of Tennessee’s Sweeping Sex Offender Registration, Verification, and Tracking Law, by Sam Rutherford
- Cops Want to Use DNA for Facial Recognition, by Michael Thompson
- Systemic Failures in Background Check Reporting Is Ruining Lives and Costing Billions of Dollars, by Anthony Accurso
- Study Finds That Black Americans Want Both Police Presence and Reform: Looking Beyond the Headlines, by Jo Ellen Nott
- New Research Method Leads to Better Touch DNA Recovery and Development of Genetic Profiles, by Douglas Ankney
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Data Report on Compassionate Release in FY 2023, by Matthew Clarke
- Refuting the Government’s Argument Against Nonretroactive Changes in Law as Grounds for Compassionate Release, by Dale Chappell
- Third Circuit District Court Erred by Failing to Consider Mitigating Evidence Under § 3553(a) Because It Mistakenly Believed Such Grounds Already Taken Into Consideration Based on Safety-Valve, Minor Role, and Acceptance of Responsibility Departures in, by Sam Rutherford
- Fourth Circuit Vacates Order Denying § 2254 Motion, Remands for Evidentiary Hearing on Whether Counsel’s Failure to Object to Duplicative Drug Conspiracy Counts in Violation of Double Jeopardy Clause Was Strategic, by Matthew Clarke
- Rhode Island Supreme Court Holds Temporal Requirement of ‘Recent Fabrication’ Exception to Hearsay Rule Not Satisfied and Scribbled Note Made by Child Victim of Sexual Abuse Years After Alleged Events Not ‘Excited Utterance’, by Matthew Clarke
- Louisiana Becomes First State in Nation to Allow Judges to Order Surgical Castration for Sex Offenders, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Virginia Supreme Court Announces Parties Are Free to Renegotiate Plea Agreement Not Already Accepted by Trial Court, Which May Not Enforce Original Plea Against Parties’ Wishes, by Sam Rutherford
- Ninth Circuit Clarifies ‘Implicit Breach’ Case Law Regarding When Government Breaches Plea Agreement by Responding to Defendant’s Request for Downward Variant Sentence, by Sam Rutherford
- News in Brief
More from Jo Ellen Nott:
- Biomedical Engineers Discover Pruny Fingers Yield the Same Fingerprint Patterns as Dry Ones, July 1, 2025
- Green Light for Justice: Dutch Researchers Find Perovskite Method Improves Gunshot Residue Analysis with Unprecedented Sensitivity, July 1, 2025
- Los Angeles Criminal Legal System Undermined by Months of Faulty DNA Testing, May 15, 2025
- Maryland Reforms Offer Second Chances on Expungement and Parole, May 15, 2025
- Illinois ‘Murderer’ Registry Punishes More Than It Protects, May 15, 2025
- Bipartisan Legislative Wins in Virginia and Utah Expand Job Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, May 15, 2025
- ‘Sexome’ Bacteria Offers New Path to Justice in Sexual Assault Cases Where DNA Is Not Present, May 15, 2025
- Third-Hand Meth Contamination in Cars Poses Hidden Danger to Buyers and Renters, April 15, 2025
- Connecticut Compensates Exonerated Prisoners, Reforms Policing, April 15, 2025
- Questionable Retail Theft Panic Fuels More Mass Surveillance and Police Militarization, April 15, 2025
More from these topics:
- Incompetent Louisiana Sex Offender’s Challenge to Registration Requirements Proceeds, Dec. 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offense Registration Act (SORNA).
- “Like Being Back in Jail”: Wisconsin Returns Released Sex Offenders to Lifetime GPS Monitoring, Nov. 15, 2024. Electronic Monitoring, Sex Offender Treatment, GPS Tracking Device, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
- Minnesota’s $100 Million-Per-Year Civil Commitment Program Has No “Discernible Impact” on Sex Crimes, Oct. 15, 2024. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Databases, Civil Commitment.
- West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage, Jan. 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Failure to Protect (General).
- Seventh Circuit Slams Illinois Civil Commitment Program but Reverses Injunction, Jan. 1, 2024. Injunctions, Sex Offender Treatment, Civil Commitment.
- Civil Commitment: A Shadowy Limbo of Detainment that is Neither Safe, Fair nor Therapeutic, Dec. 1, 2023. Sex Offender Treatment, Civil Commitment.
- Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State, Oct. 15, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorneys.
- Prisoner Health Update: Hemorrhoids, Oct. 15, 2023. Medication, Gastrointestinal, Surgery, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
- Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Delayed Transfer of Sex Offenders, Sept. 15, 2023. Transfers, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Arraignment Delay, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses, April 1, 2023. Parole Board Misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), halfway houses.