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Law allows the court to order surgical castration as punishment for adults convicted of first or second -degree aggravated rape in cases involving child victims under 13 .
Measure comes amidst a spate of 'tough-on-crime' legislation passed this year by Louisiana ’s conservative supermajority.
Critics warn that such laws are radically punitive and ultimately ineffective in preventing crimes.
Louisiana 's surgical castration law comes into effect as part of a spate of legislation that creates even more crimes to prosecute.
The new law highlights longstanding concerns about the punitive nature of Louisiana ’s criminal justice system.
The state has the highest incarceration rate of any state in a country that already tops all other democracies for people behind bars.
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