Experts ‘would refuse to take part’ in mandatory castration for sex offenders

Leading figures say compulsory program is ‘ethically unsound’ and would be challenged in courtsExplainer: What are the ‘radical’ proposed reforms to UK criminal sentencing?Leading experts on the use of chemical castration for managing sexual offenders have said they would refuse to be part of any programme in the UK that makes the intervention compulsory.Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, confirmed in the Commons on Thursday that she was examining whether she could force offenders, including paedophiles, to take pills or injections to suppress “problematic sexual arousal”. Continue reading...

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