On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:23:30 -0800, "Jo Firey"
wrote:


"Chakolate" wrote in message
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Jeanne Hedge wrote in
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from the Chicago Sun-Times
(http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html)

in summary - Last summer a Chicago-area man kicked and killed a
neighbor girl's 9-week-old kitten because it came onto his property.
He was convicted of "felony aggravated cruelty", and was sentenced
today (Mar 23) to 6 months in jail, followed by 100 hours of community
service to be served in an animal shelter when he gets out.

I can definitely see community service - and more than 100 hours would be
fine. But why should society pay to lock this guy up for months? Is
that going to make him learn his lesson more than a trial and hundreds of
hours of community service?

Chak

In addition to punishing him, it sends a message to others who might
consider the same behavior.

And it's a *felony* conviction. Every time he fills out paperwork that
asks if you've ever been convicted of anything, he has to list this
one (as opposed to misdemeanors and your run-of-the-mill traffic
tickets). Also, IIRC felony convictions are fairly difficult to have
expunged from your record.


Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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