nine states currently allow it as a penalty earlier i spoke with derek lowe he is author of the book once fallen which is about sex offender legislation in the united states he's also a sex offender and i asked him just taking the emotion out of it people's feelings about pedophilia or castration out of it in a country where citizens value and the constitution and to protect civil liberties and what legal grounds have states' role castration an option here's how he responded. one big misnomer the other nations. that we say we're all over this know somebody who is on the. right now and everybody votes on the. rights we do not have the same rights as other citizens so laws that are normally unconstitutional when applied to the individual seem to be are simply passed by people in our own sex castration is based on the idea that a limited sexual urges but eliminate the reason for engaging in criminal sexual behavior and i mean european studies have shown that recidivism is very thin are just two to three percent when castration is employed and other study found that it does or a psychiat

states have that as a legal punishment for pedophilia for repeat offenders now earlier i spoke with derek lowe here arthur of the book once fallen about sex offender legislation he is also a sex offender himself here's part of our conversation. one big misnomer that only nations know. civil liberties know somebody who is on the. group now there were only those on the. right we are hopelessly wrong. so laws that are normally unconstitutional when applied for the individual seem to be seen we passed. people in our own rooms for castration is based on the idea that a limb aiding sexual urges but eliminate the reason for engaging in criminal sexual behavior and i mean european studies have shown that recidivism is very small just two to three percent when castration is employed another study found that it does or a psychiatrist said that it does eliminate the sexual urges so what's wrong with that it sounds to be a good punishment as far as recidivism lauralee or. while it reduces sex drive it doesn't loom in a. social performance of her that what little so what about good children from game laste

low 70s. for mom some showers also and mid-70s. looks worse than it really is, derek. know it looks worse than it is. everybody calm down. showers and thunderstorms possible. monday, tuesday, wednesday. but just kind of hit or miss. temperatures upper 70s near 80. >> what happened to the sunshine, my brother. >> i thought it was there. we had showers all day in all those periods yesterday. >> okay. >> not super bad. actually, i cleaned mom's day up a bit. >>> an easter bunny who lost his hop or perhaps he never really had any to tucson, arizona, where a family found twin baby bunnies last month and one of them, joe, turns out, well, he was born a quadriplegic. the back legs don't work. he is differently abled. the folks love him regardless. so they design and build a little bunny cart to help little joe get around. some might argue it looks like he is moving slower without the share but his parents say without that his hind legs will be rubbed raw and he may get infections and that's not good for anybody. you go, joe. >> pretty good >>> send to mcginty's mail bag at ma