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Chris Hansen‘s not supporting surgically castrating child predators … arguing he’s not sure it’ll put an end to their criminal acts — or if it’ll stand up in a court of law.
We spoke with the “To Catch a Predator” host earlier this week and asked him about the controversial bill passed in Louisiana allowing judges to impose surgical castration on certain child predators … and, he tells us he’s pretty leery of the whole thing.
Hansen says he’s met a ton of alleged predators over the years — on ‘Catch’ and his new show ‘Takedown’ on streaming platform TruBlu — and, he doesn’t think surgically castrating them will stop them from abusing children.
CH claims these people might find other ways to abuse children … and, he says he’d rather see more treatment options for people in danger of becoming predators — stopping crimes before they can happen.
He’s also not even convinced Louisiana’s proposed surgical castration law will stand up to court scrutiny — and, watch for yourself to see his reasons why.
Worth noting, Chris doesn’t have a law degree, but he’s got strong opinions and plenty of experience in this arena.
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Chris does have recommendations for other ways society can handle sexual predators — therapy and harsher prison sentences to keep predators off the streets will serve as better deterrents, he figures.
Chris adds people reach out to him after listening to his podcast — “Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen” — saying they’ve had urges they’ve never acted on because they’re able to get therapy, so, it seemingly works for some people.
As for surgical castration … Hansen’s not convinced it’ll do any good — even if he’s just as frustrated as everyone else about predators roaming the streets.
