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Kill Cat, Get 6 Months Jail
"Chakolate" wrote in message 44.170... Jeanne Hedge wrote in : 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. Jo |
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Kill Cat, Get 6 Months Jail
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:23:30 -0800, "Jo Firey"
wrote: "Chakolate" wrote in message . 244.170... Jeanne Hedge wrote in : 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 ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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Kill Cat, Get 6 Months Jail
Jo Firey wrote: "Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message ... 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. Sure hope they put him to work scrubbing out empty cages. I certainly wouldn't trust him near any live animals. Especially after he has served his six months and is really ****ed. Something tells me most inmates are as unfriendly to animal abuse as they are to child abuse. Did anyone follow the series on Animal Planet where they had convicts fostering and training dogs? Interesting - apparently it improved both the dogs and the convicts! Jo -- NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth |
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Kill Cat, Get 6 Months Jail
" wrote in message : Did anyone follow the series on Animal Planet where they had convicts fostering and training dogs? Interesting - apparently it improved both the dogs and the convicts! Jo I loved watching that series. I especially remember the one where the guy had to bottle feed a litter of puppies and care for them until they were old enough to adopt out. Annie |
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