Macedonia adopted a bill imposing chemical castration on repeat offenders

The Macedonian government has been accused of being too lenient despite imposing laws which would allow pedophile repeat offenders to be castrated. Macedonia has adopted a bill imposing chemical castration on repeat offenders convicted of sexually abusing children. However, the country’s leading child protection group says the law is still too lenient. The Megjasi child protection group, which had campaigned for the procedure to be imposed on pedophiles, said today that the penalty should be mandatory for first time offenders. Lawmakers voted on Monday to make penalties harsher for convicted pedophiles increasing the maximum sentence to life imprisonment and imposing chemical castration on second-time offenders. READ MORE HERE