Louisiana mand glenn sulbensr får 50 år og fysisk kastration for voldtægt og imprægnering af en 14-årig
Glenn Sullivan Sr., 54, af Springfield, Louisiana, vil tilbringe resten af sit arbejdsliv bag tremmer og har indvilliget i at blive operativt kastreret efter han gentagne gange voldtaget en 14-årig pige og far hendes barn. Sagen hjalp Louisiana mod landets hårdeste straf for sexforbrydelser.
Statsadvokat Scott Perrilloux fra det tretten-første retskreds annonceret at Sullivan var blevet dømt til 50 år og beordret til at gennemgå fysisk kastration. Han indgav en tiltale mod fire voldtægtssager den 17. april 2024. Dommer William Dykes afsagde dommen den 22. april.
The case began in July 2022, when a teenage girl told detectives at the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office that Sullivan had sexually assaulted her multiple times beginning when she was 14. She became pregnant. A DNA test identified Sullivan as the biological father. Prosecutors said he had groomed her and used threats of violence against her and her family to keep her silent. “So many of these types of cases go unreported because of fear,” Perrilloux said. “The strength it must have taken for this young woman to tell the truth in the face of threats and adversity is truly incredible.”
The castration order sits on a 2008 Louisiana law that allows judges to sentence certain sex offenders to chemical castration and permits an offender to consent in writing to physical castration as an alternative. Sullivan chose the surgical option. Assistant District Attorney Brad Cascio said he pushed for the punishment because of the severity of the crimes and Sullivan’s criminal history, and believed it was the first time physical castration had actually been ordered in the state. “Sex crimes against juveniles are the most malicious crimes we prosecute,” Cascio said. “I intend on using every tool the legislature is willing to give us, including physical castration, to seek justice for the children in our community.”
Der er en rynke. I henhold til loven kan Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Rections ikke gennemføre proceduren mere end en uge før en indsat løslades. På 50 år ville Sullivan være over 100. Kastration klausulen er en sætning, der, som skrevet, aldrig kan udføres.
Louisiana derefter gjort straffen en dommers ordre
Sullivan’s case became a flashpoint. In the months after his sentencing, Sen. Regina Barrow authored Senate Bill 371, allowing a judge to order surgical castration as a sentence in its own right when the victim is under 13. Gov. Jeff Landry signed it in June 2024. It took effect August 1, 2024, making Louisiana the first state to authorize judges to impose surgical castration as a criminal punishment. Refusal can add three to five years. Sullivan was sentenced under the older plea framework. The AEGIS Alliance covered that bill in Louisiana lovgivere godkende kirurgisk kastration mulighed for dem, der er skyldige i børnesex forbrydelser.
Civil-liberties advocates, medical ethicists, and some legal scholars argue court-ordered castration is cruel and unusual and that a physician cannot ethically perform a procedure designed as punishment. Supporters, led by Barrow, say the threat may deter the worst offenses against children. The constitutionality fight is expected if and when the punishment is actually carried out.
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