The Law: Choosing Castration

"The kids all called me Uncle Paul," says the agonized former maintenance man. But despite his many visits to his friends and their nine children, Paul de la Haye's warmth warped one night last year; he sexually assaulted two of the young boys. He had had similar trouble before. After his conviction, he was sent to a California mental hospital for evaluation. Joseph Kenner, a divorced construction worker, had a history of aberrant sexual behavior involving both minor boys and girls. He had pleaded guilty to child molestation and was given a mental...

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