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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2006Kill Cat, Get 6 Months Jail
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. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > from the Chicago Sun-Times > (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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. good!! That's a case of the punishment fitting the crime IMH. Feel sorry for the little girl though, she will never forget that :( > Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha > > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com > from the Chicago Sun-Times > (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com I hope someone is able to keep a close eye on him while he's doing his "community service" at the animal shelter. Staff certainly would not be able to do that because they usually are already overworked. The concept is good, but I would not trust him alone with any animals. MaryL > from the Chicago Sun-Times > (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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 hope the shelter folks monitor him closely! On the surface, it sounds like a fitting punishment, but without close supervision, he might abuse the animals in the shelter. > Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha > > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com  SignatureNewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth >> from the Chicago Sun-Times >> (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > like a fitting punishment, but without close supervision, he might abuse > the animals in the shelter. Yes, that's what I was thinking, too! But they will probably give him jobs like cleaning stuff, etc. I imagine they would use caution. >> Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha >> >> ============ >> http://www.jhedge.com > from the Chicago Sun-Times > (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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 SignatureOur scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. --Martin Luther King Jr. >> from the Chicago Sun-Times >> (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Chak Yes, I think it does call for jail time. If nothing else, that might throw some fear into him that would dissuade him from future acts of cruelty. Six months is a fairly short time, and it is likely that he will not serve the entire six months. As to society paying for it -- isn't that what happens any time we sentence a person to jail/prison for any offense? I would agree with you for many nonviolent offenses, but this was an act of deliberate cruelty and violence. MaryL >> from the Chicago Sun-Times >> (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Chak In addition to punishing him, it sends a message to others who might consider the same behavior. Jo >>> from the Chicago Sun-Times >>> (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >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 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. He better serve ALL of those 6 months, but WTF is this, ( 100 hours of community service to be served in an animal shelter ). This is like making a convicted pedophile serve community service at a day care center. What the hell was the judge thinking? I know, he WASN'T thinking. It's just beyond me to think we have so many people in the judicial system who have little, or no intellectual capacity to catch even half a clue. > in summary - Last summer a Chicago-area man kicked and killed a > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > judicial system who have little, or no intellectual capacity to catch > even half a clue. Not neccessarily true! He/she was undoubtedly thinking "what better punishment for abuisng animals than being forced to care for them - it may even instill a little compassion into this low-life". (However, given the fact most animal shelters are overworked and understaffed, the judge's optimism was probably misplaced.) SignatureNewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth > from the Chicago Sun-Times > (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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. What animal shelter would want him around? Jeanette > He was convicted of "felony aggravated cruelty", and was sentenced ...jail, followed by 100 hours of community > service to be served in an animal shelter... > Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha I never can understand the logic behind this choice of community service sentence. Hello, Judge! It would be the same as putting a pedophile to work in a day care center. Annie, crew for Rosie & Cinder > from the Chicago Sun-Times > (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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 pissed. Something tells me most inmates are as unfriendly to animal abuse as they are to child abuse. Jo >>from the Chicago Sun-Times >>(http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cat23.html) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > 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 SignatureNewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth "evgmsop@earthlink.net" <evgmsop@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:e02ddu1gu9@news3.newsguy.com: > 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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