In the last month, one defendant each in Caddo and Bossier parishes have been convicted on sex crime charges in which castration is part of the potential penalty.
The activity follows the 2024 passage of a Louisiana law adding surgical castration to the list of penalties to be considered for aggravated sex crimes against victims under the age of 13. Chemical castration has been part of the law in the state since 2008.
Floyd Cathron, 61, could face surgical castration when he returns to the Caddo Parish courtroom of Judge Ramona Emanuel for sentencing on April 20. He was convicted of second-degree rape in March. According to the Caddo District Attorney’s Office, the man convicted on four counts of sex crimes in 2003, had “a history of such behavior.”…