Castrated Calif. Molester Seeks Freedom

[Robby (imported)]

By Associated Press

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Mon Jul 3, 11:29 AM UPDATED 2 HOURS 33 MINUTES AGO

SANTA ANA, Calif. - 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.

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Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com (http://www.ocregister.com/)

[A-1 (imported)]

They cut the wrong end.

A-1

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

The ethics involved in cases such as this intrigues me. If the prisoner gets castrated in order to be set free isn't he doing it for all the wrong reasons? And, if his motive is only to be set free does that mean that he is still as great a danger to others as he was before the castration was performed? Is there any reason to think that his "problem" has actually been solved? The statements of the district attorney are not to be relied upon. He is an advocate for the law as it exists, not for any form of justice, however it may be defined. He may even be standing for election, making his actions ones of self-interest only. Note the silence of the medical profession. Are they unsure of answers? Are they unwilling to offend the public mood? Are they ashamed that one of their own has participated in a "judicial castration"? Are there any ethical boundries at all? --FLO--

[n3rf (imported)]

I am appaled by the large number of people that are being locked up for sondry reasons.I think most people in ouir Jails today could be FREED with some simple retraining or education whatever - something better thatn - spending our Tax Dollars and storing Lots of people for the "wrong reasons" - that is my feeling and has been some time.

Our Justice system needs and up date and all the "phony" laws relating to this topic of Sex and Drugs etc could be taken out of the lawbooks and be done with. The insidences of Child - molestation as I see it is often some kind of fiction made up by the child of some adult. The same thing goes for Rape and the numerous fantacies associated with that topic. I can only hope that this man will go free and that all these so called Attorneys be going to do some other job like working for McDonalds or some such job where they can do less harm to our society at large. My personal experience is small but gives me the impedus not to favor these things any more. http://n3rf.tripod.com Regards to all "thinkers" of improvements that we must get soon. n3rf

[JesusA (imported)]

For an academic study of the results of castration of sex offenders, see the abstract to Castration in Germany (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8762). It reports on a study of 104 men who were voluntarily castrated after conviction for sexual offenses (70% as pedophiles). After release, only 3% were later convicted of a subsequent sexual offense, compared to 46% of the non-castrated control group to whom they were compared.

Can castration work to control sexual urges among pedophiles. According to this research paper it can. At least one of the three who was convicted of a subsequent offense was on full replacement testosterone at his wife’s request and, therefore, was not effectively castrated. This does point out a potential problem when testosterone is as readily available as it is.

[tugon (imported)]

If the man committed the crimes and was sentenced I feel he needs to do his time. Yes I think he will be less likely to repeat the offense after castration when he is released. I also know that for the children this will affect them a lot longer than 14 years.

[A-1 (imported)]

For an academic study of the results of castration of sex offenders, see the abstract to Castration in Germany (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8762). It reports on a study of 104 men who were voluntarily castrated after conviction for sexual offenses (70% as pedophiles). After release, only 3% were later convicted of a subsequent sexual offense, compared to 46% of the non-castrated control group to whom they were compared.

Can castration work to control sexual urges among pedophiles. According to this research paper it can. At least one of the three who was convicted of a subsequent offense was on full replacement testosterone at his wife’s request and, therefore, was not effectively castrated. This does point out a potential problem when testosterone is as readily available as it is.

Regardless, it is not the sexual drive OR testosterone that is at the root of the problem. Vehicular homocide by an out of control drunk is prevented by taking the car away, or by taking the booze away, or by taking BOTH away. However, at the root of the problem lies personal responsibility. People need to be held R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-E for what they do and they need to know that they WILL be held responsible for their actions.

The re-conviction rate of 46% PROVES that 54% of the perpetrators CAN control themselves without being castrated. In addition, what if they are WRONGLY convicted in the first place? Also, castration as a guarantee of stopping the criminal is little consolation if you are one of the victims of the 3% of offenders who were previously convicted and released.

Sure, castration may stop the child molester, but it will not stop the first time molester. Neither will it stop a first-time rapist, a sexual murderer or any other sex-related crime. We as a society CAN and MUST do better than this band-aid approach and identify what causes this deviant behavior.

N3RF, are you saying that the majority of child molestation cases are fantasies and are not occurring? Please clarify this for me. Thanks.

A-1

[n3rf (imported)]

Dear A-1 and EA. My feelings on the topic that I "plunged" into was only that - my feelings. Our legal system takes care of these things when other means of handling BAD BEHAVIOUR etc should be used. Our legal system is probably overloaded. The statistics of social misbehaviour is not something I can give You since I know You are the expert. Maybe something that I said did make some sense. If our legal system can save us from misbehaviour of these kinds - child and adult and sex etc, I am not all that sure. Really I don't think so. I hope in some of the thoughts I get to promulgate are not totally wrong. Happy Fourth of July 2006 to all EA. Keep pondering.Johan N3RF

[Kelly_2 (imported)]

Testosterone can do some mean things to a person's mind. If castration reduces such things, then it seems good.

Prison should be for rehabilitation as well as for keeping dangerous people away from society, although some would like to send people to prison as part of a sadistic personal hate for said people.

If castration has helped him rehabilitate, then, that is good thing, yes?.

If he has other psychological problems, they should be dealt with as well. There are root causes of the act of molestation, and primarily, it seems to stem from the sex drive. Castration rather goes to the root of the problem. Refusing to castrate molestors who opt for this therapy seems off-target.

Hugs,

Kelly

class of Spector, 2001

[Hash (imported)]

There is no crime worse then that of the pedophile who preys on children for sexual gratification. It is most revolting and disgusting to me. However, without being thought of as "soft on crime," I do applaud those who seek to alleviate themselves of their main sex hormone, which we know drives us to engage in all types of sexual activities that many find perverted. Most all of us eunuchs or want-to-be's were/have been prone to out of control behavior, myself included. Now, with my low dose testosterone regimen, I'm in control. Before castration, I was out of control, most of us were, only we sexually abused ourselves, which, if you're going to abuse someone, abusing yourself is more socially acceptable. Society doesn't consider you a criminal, more of a weirdo. When we are found out we get placed in a pysch ward instead of prison. Of course if you've abused a child sexually, and the evidence is sound, you deserve prison and you should be totally emasculated in my opinion. But, depending on the severity, perhaps we should give some the opportunity to prove themselves. Let's allow them to start out life again on the outside with certain limits. Like a half-way house for castrated sexual offenders. Hash