BATON ROUGE -- Characterizing sex offenders as monsters, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed legislation Wednesday that would force convicted rapists and others to undergo chemical castration.

“I am glad we have taken such strong measures in Louisiana to put a stop to these monsters’ brutal acts,” the governor said in a prepared statement.

Jindal signed Senate Bill 144 into law on the day that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Louisiana cannot execute people who rape children under the age of 12.

On a first offense, a judge would have the option of ordering injections of medroxyprogesterone acetate, which suppresses a man’s sex drive by reducing testosterone levels.  The injections would be mandatory on a second offense.

Well look at Louisiana getting all “cruel and unusual”.  Now sure, you could argue chemical castration isn’t necessarily cruel, but it is definitely unusual.  So unusual in fact, it doesn’t even make your balls disappear! Nope, it just reduces the amount of testosterone you carry around in your nutsack.  But what kind of punishment is that?  Anybody can buy more testosterone, they’re called steroids.  You can get them online, Tijuana or at your local gymnasium. Anyway this is all very confusing. Regular castration, chemical castration, all I know is Funny Cide was a gelding and he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness and I never heard him complain.