Chemical castration
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chemical castration treatment for sex offenders, “is not [a] 100%” sure thing for cure, says LBJ Medical Center’s chief of internal medical, Dr. Seakerise Tuato’o, while Sen. Tauaa S. Vaouli points out that something needs to be done to address the rising number of sex...
![[l-r] Deputy Police Commissioner Falanaipupu Ta’ase Sagapolutele, Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale; and head of the LBJ hospital pharmacy, Evelyn Fa’aiuaso](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/castration_witnesses_2431.jpg?itok=16Ajx4lz "[l-r] Deputy Police Commissioner Falanaipupu Ta’ase Sagapolutele, Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale; and head of the LBJ hospital pharmacy, Evelyn Fa’aiuaso testified last Friday before a Senate committee on a proposed bill that calls for the chemical castration of sexual offenders. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While supportive of the spirit of a Senate bill calling for the chemical castration of convicted sex offenders, Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale says the government lacks resources to carry out such task.
However, he suggested amending current laws by imposing a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the spike in the number of reported sex cases, especially those against young children, Sen. Tauaa S. Vaouli introduced last Friday in the Senate, legislation requiring convicted sex offenders to undergo chemical castration.
“Chemical castration is the use of...