Editing Castration (section)

===Americas===
In 1778, [[Thomas Jefferson]] wrote a bill in Virginia reducing the punishment for rape, polygamy, or sodomy from death to castration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Jefferson, A Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments 1778 Papers 2:492—504l |url=http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendVIIIs10.html}}</ref> Over the years, several U.S. states have passed laws regarding chemical castration for sex offenders but not one state has mandatory castration. In 2016, Alabama lawmaker [[Steve Hurst]] proposed a bill requiring certain sex offenses to require the perpetrator be castrated prior to their release from state custody.<ref name="CBS_US_Castration_Bill">{{cite news |title=Lawmaker introduces sex offender castration bill in Alabama |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawmaker-introduces-sex-offender-castration-bill-in-alabama/|work=CBS News |date=7 March 2016}}</ref>

A 1969 study found that men institutionalized at the same facility in Kansas lived an extra 14 years, on average, if they were castrated.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-03-07|title=Castrated men live longer|url=https://ami.group.uq.edu.au/castrated-men-live-longer|access-date=2020-07-13|website=ami.group.uq.edu.au|language=en}}</ref>

In 1983, Judge C. Victor Pyle sentenced three men convicted of rape to choose between 30 years in prison or castration.<ref name="NYT_US_1983_Judge_Pyle">{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=William E. |title=Rape Sentence: Castration or 30 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/26/us/rape-sentence-castration-or-30-years.html|work=The New York Times|date=26 November 1983}}</ref> The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the castration option would be cruel, however, and the men were sentenced to prison.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hirsley|first=Michael|date=10 January 1985|title=3 ask for castration as option to prison|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-01-10-8501020772-story.html|access-date=13 July 2020|website=Chicago Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellis|first=Mike|date=20 January 2016|title=Anderson's infamous rapist, once set to be castrated, gets new prison term|url=https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/2016/01/20/andersons-infamous-rapist-once-set-to-be-castrated-gets-new-prison-term/88660372/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715092641/https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/2016/01/20/andersons-infamous-rapist-once-set-to-be-castrated-gets-new-prison-term/88660372/|archive-date=15 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Independent Mail|language=en}}</ref>