State seeks chemical castration for rapist

47-year-old to be sentenced Tuesday



PALATKA, Fla. -
A Putnam County man convicted of kidnapping, torturing and raping a woman in April 2011 will be sentenced Tuesday.

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The state is seeking a life sentence and chemical castration for 47-year-old Elmer Bowman.

It took jurors about 20 minutes last week to convict Bowman of kidnapping and sexual battery with a deadly weapon after prosecutors said he picked up the 25-year-old victim from Daytona Beach and tied her up inside his Pomona Park home.

Investigators said Bowman threatened to kill the woman, hit her with the PVC pipe and a leather belt, and burned her with a cigarette while using clamps on her body to inflict more pain.

Investigators said the woman was a prostitute but did not agree to anything Bowman did with her.

"He planned the crime. He drove to Daytona Beach, looking for his prey," Assistant State Attorney Christina Opsahl said last week. "Everything that happened after the victim got in the car was not consensual."

The woman escaped 17 hours later after Bowman fell asleep, prosecutors said.

Bowman faces 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors are asking the judge to give him a life sentence and order a chemical castration using the drug Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA).

Chemical castration is used in at least nine states, including Florida, and experts say it's a safe way to reduce a person's sex drive. It's sometimes used on people convicted of child molestation and kidnapping.

If the judge allows, prosecutors say the treatments would be administered by the Department of Corrections.

Prosecutors said voluntary consent to physical castration is an alternative option for Bowman.

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and the problem is!!!!cut his dick off and use his testicals for earings better option

Lock him up in a mental insistution,and NEVER let him out.

deafdyke said:

Lock him up in a mental insistution,and NEVER let him out.

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No give him the death sentence . Why waste taxpayers money on scum like that.

rockin'robin said:

47-year-old to be sentenced Tuesday

PALATKA, Fla. -
A Putnam County man convicted of kidnapping, torturing and raping a woman in April 2011 will be sentenced Tuesday.

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Jury convicts man of kidnapping, rape
The state is seeking a life sentence and chemical castration for 47-year-old Elmer Bowman.

It took jurors about 20 minutes last week to convict Bowman of kidnapping and sexual battery with a deadly weapon after prosecutors said he picked up the 25-year-old victim from Daytona Beach and tied her up inside his Pomona Park home.

Investigators said Bowman threatened to kill the woman, hit her with the PVC pipe and a leather belt, and burned her with a cigarette while using clamps on her body to inflict more pain.

Investigators said the woman was a prostitute but did not agree to anything Bowman did with her.

"He planned the crime. He drove to Daytona Beach, looking for his prey," Assistant State Attorney Christina Opsahl said last week. "Everything that happened after the victim got in the car was not consensual."

The woman escaped 17 hours later after Bowman fell asleep, prosecutors said.

Bowman faces 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors are asking the judge to give him a life sentence and order a chemical castration using the drug Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA).

Chemical castration is used in at least nine states, including Florida, and experts say it's a safe way to reduce a person's sex drive. It's sometimes used on people convicted of child molestation and kidnapping.

If the judge allows, prosecutors say the treatments would be administered by the Department of Corrections.

Prosecutors said voluntary consent to physical castration is an alternative option for Bowman.

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By all means, DO IT! NO means NO! Period!

I want to kick his nuts and stomp his head into bloody over prison cell.

Inmates have to clean the mess.

I enjoy the idea of chemical castration.... I support this... Do it... DOOOOO ITTTTT!!! BASTARD!

if hes gettin sent up for life, the only people chemical castration will protect him from raping are cons.
judging by the looks of him i don't think society has to worry to much how many cons this guy might rape.
if its only about vengeance then just chop suey the guy. but if something more then vengeance drives people in this then, (the law and state claim its never about vengeance, rolls eyes)) i don't see why chemical castration and locking him up for life
makes sense. seems rather redundant really. then again most rapes are about power and not sex anyway. as anyone who has done time would know.
you can rape a human with anything. a dick is not the first idea inside that is used.
just sayin.
my opinion granted and ye si know im in the minority here...

hoichi said:

if hes gettin sent up for life, the only people chemical castration will protect him from raping are cons.
judging by the looks of him i don't think society has to worry to much how many cons this guy might rape.
if its only about vengeance then just chop suey the guy. but if something more then vengeance drives people in this then, (the law and state claim its never about vengeance, rolls eyes)) i don't see why chemical castration and locking him up for life
makes sense. seems rather redundant really. then again most rapes are about power and not sex anyway. as anyone who has done time would know.
you can rape a human with anything. a dick is not the first idea inside that is used.
just sayin.
my opinion granted and ye si know im in the minority here...

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Feel this guy isn't about power...or even sex...he's about torture.....maybe even a hatred towards women....Feel sure the prostitute would easily give it up for $$....torture was not part of the deal.

Ur right about his dick tho'...it's not the only thing used to rape a woman. Castration is to lower his sex drive...making him impotent....limp dick...So perhaps the other cons will have a field day with this guy...he'll be somebody's bitch and find out how it feels to be tortured....Feel he's one of the worst....No sympathy here....

rockin'robin said:

Feel this guy isn't about power...or even sex...he's about torture.....maybe even a hatred towards women....Feel sure the prostitute would easily give it up for $$....torture was not part of the deal.

Ur right about his dick tho'...it's not the only thing used to rape a woman. Castration is to lower his sex drive...making him impotent....limp dick...So perhaps the other cons will have a field day with this guy...he'll be somebody's bitch and find out how it feels to be tortured....Feel he's one of the worst....No sympathy here....

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why wish to lower his sex drive? he will be spending the rest of his days with cons?

its refreshing to learn you actually feel cons need to be protected


anyway

hoichi said:

why wish to lower his sex drive? he will be spending the rest of his days with cons?

its refreshing to learn you actually feel cons need to be protected


anyway

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...twisting it, I see...With a limp dick, don't see him humping anyone else...they're gonna be humping him now...that's what I implied....Why give this man any satisfaction at all?....He surely didn't give that woman any.

im not twisting anything.
if he is getting life, as in no possibility of parole. then the only people he will be hurting are other cons. even if he is chemically castrated raping people is generally an easy by the number affair inside. you don't need a dick working to do it.

what is the motive and purpose of chemical castration?

if its to protect women then this guy getting life without parole (if he gets it) doesn't seem to add up does it?
now if he doesn't get life, that changes things

no one is giving anyone satisfaction. its just simple logic, thats all. emotionally remove yourself form your thinking.

anyway

Is chemical castration painful? If so go for it. If not cut off his... No anesthesia just cut it off. Then they can go on and give him death penalty if possible.

right, the blood lust from those who would never wish to actually do themselves, which they fantasize about.

Feel sure there is more about this man for them to ask for castration...Some rapists/molesters do agree to it. Some are required because of the circumstances in the case....

What is the reasoning behind chemical castration?
Start there

Eight states allow chemical or surgical castration of sex offenders. They are: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin. California was the first state to allow chemical castration when its governor signed into law a measure allowing certain sex offenders to receive medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment or its equivalent as punishment for their crime. MPA, an artificial female hormone, is commonly sold under the name Depo-Provera and is used to treat abnormal uterine bleeding, promote menstrual cycles, and treat symptoms of menopause. When used by men, MPA has the effect of reducing their testosterone levels to pre-puberty levels.

Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Oregon, Montana, and Wisconsin followed California's lead and now allow treatment as punishment for certain sexual offenses. Florida, like California, makes treatment mandatory for repeat offenders. In all of these states treatment is a condition of release from custody and generally starts before the offender is released. In Louisiana, treatment is also a condition of sentence reduction or suspension.

Castration laws in California, Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, and Wisconsin only apply to offenders convicted of sex offenses against minors.

California, Florida, and Louisiana allow offenders who may or must undergo treatment to opt for surgical castration. Texas is the only state that currently allows certain repeat offenders to elect surgical castration without a treatment option.

Proponents of castration argue that it is justified and appropriate. Specifically, they argue that using castration to control sex offenders' irresistible urges to rape or molest again allows them to be released without endangering the public. Opponents argue that the side effects of chemical castration (e.g., life threatening blood clots and serious allergic reactions) are reason for avoiding it. Others have argued unsuccessfully that forced castration violates the protection against cruel and unusual punishment guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

STATE CASTRATION LAWS

Since the mid-1990's states have allowed, and in certain instances required, castration as a way of penalizing sexual offenders or as a condition to their release from custody.

Florida

794.0235...........Courts may sentence first offenders convicted of sexual battery to MPA treatment. Courts must sentence repeat offenders of this crime to treatment. “Sexual battery” means oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or in union with, another person's sexual organ or another object. “Sexual battery” does not include an act done for a bona fide medical purpose.

A sentence of treatment does not replace or reduce any other penalty the court could impose. The court order must specify the duration of treatment, up to life. In lieu of treatment, a defendant may ask for and a court may order physical castration if it finds the defendant's consent to be intelligent, knowing, and voluntary.

A court order for treatment is contingent upon a court-appointed medical expert's determination that the defendant is an appropriate candidate. The expert must make the determination within 60 days after sentencing.

In cases where a defendant is sentenced to a period of incarceration, treatment must begin at least one week before his release. The DOC administers the treatment.

Any defendant who fails or refuses to appear for, or allow, treatment is guilty of a 2nd degree felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.

Sex offenders, such as rapists, pedophiles, and exhibitionists, are among the highest reoccurring offense populations in the United States probation system. These offenders commit crimes that put fear into the general public and pose a threat to people that live in their neighborhoods. These offenders should be punished and not let off or forgiven of their crime(s) just because they have gone through a treatment program, most or which cannot show a significant success rate.

Chemical castration is an ideal punishment for sex offenders. When Depo-Provera is administerd, recidivism rates fall to 5%. Their sexual fantasies are lessened as a result of the reduction of testosterone levels. Although men administered this drug are capable of having sexual intercourse, many people argue that chemical castration is cruel and unusual punishment. This argument is countered by the fact that sex offenders are required to get injections only once a month. What is "cruel and unusual" is allowing sex offenders to attack innocent women and children. This effective therapy will protect future victims. It is an "offender friendly" way of reducing sexual violence.

I think cutting it off with hedge cutters would be more fitting... No pain killers, no sedative... just good ol' hedge cutters... snip snip snip....

don't just think about your fantasies follow through on them in your very thoughts.
if you truly believe that torture would be a benefit to American society and the justice system then i dunno start a tortures guild or political party.
wishing to dismember a human being as in cut off a piece of a persons body while they are living is torture.
sure
it works very very well for third world shit holes. but in the west in America last time i checked torture was frowned upon in the justice or (injustice system for a better term)
how would America incorporate torture into the legal system?
interesting idea.
one i would love to explore the ramifications of. don't just fantasize about blood lust. see where it leads
we used to torture people all the time in the west. racks, iron maidens, draw and quarter, boiling water, we even in the west made great pomp and games of feeding humans to wild hungry beasts, (hell maybe bring that one back to, super bow half time show maybe? cough)
we as a civilization decided after some thousand of years of that kind of thing, to turn our backs on such evils for a reason. one of which though not the only one is tortures ramifications on society as a whole..some interesting reading in the field if your interested.

interesting idea all round meao meaow. but torture isnt very much a new idea.

there is a couple of questions in my post those who can think critically rather then emotional knee jerk or suffer the dull wits of jingoism might wish to explore.
or not
chop chop

hoichi said:

if hes gettin sent up for life, the only people chemical castration will protect him from raping are cons.
judging by the looks of him i don't think society has to worry to much how many cons this guy might rape.
if its only about vengeance then just chop suey the guy. but if something more then vengeance drives people in this then, (the law and state claim its never about vengeance, rolls eyes)) i don't see why chemical castration and locking him up for life
makes sense. seems rather redundant really. then again most rapes are about power and not sex anyway. as anyone who has done time would know.
you can rape a human with anything. a dick is not the first idea inside that is used.
just sayin.
my opinion granted and ye si know im in the minority here...

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so your suggestion is.......?