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BERLIN (AP) – A German electrician went on trial Thursday accused of murder in the death of one man, and mutilating several others by performing illegal operations on their genitals.

The governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna State signed a new law on Wednesday prescribing surgical castration for both men and women convicted of child rape.

A California Senate committee approved, 7-1, last week, a bill that would establish an “equity” fund that could be used for transgender medical interventions and surgeries, many of which are known to cause sterility in children.

Sex offenders may soon be forced to undergo castration as part of their parole, according to a bill filed Thursday by Tennessee Rep. Bruce Griffey (R-Paris).

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed a bill into law Thursday evening that requires sex offenders whose victims are younger than the age of 13 to undergo “chemical castration treatment” as a condition of parole.

A jury found a North Carolina woman accused of chomping off her ex-boyfriend’s testicles not guilty of a malicious castration charge on Thursday.

The president of Indonesia has signed a legal directive which will allow judges to rule that convicted pedophiles must undergo chemical castration, have a microchip implanted in them to allow complete government monitoring, or — in extreme cases — face the death penalty.

The government of Indonesia will being to introduce the practice of “chemical castration” into their criminal justice system as a way to keep convicted pedophiles from repeat crimes and as a deterrence to potential criminals. Chemical castration involved the use of hormones to subdue and eliminate the libido of a sex offender.

Dictator Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe announced this week that his government is “seriously” considering castration as a punishment for rapists, particularly those who rape minors.

Police in India are investigating a religious guru who is accused of convincing 400 of his male followers to get surgically castrated.