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Don and I are having a debate about this story in our local paper. http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2011/dec/13/dothan-teen-sentenced-beating-puppy-death-ar-2859026/
In a nutshel, in Octoberl a 19 year old pleaded guilty to felony first-degree animal cruelty for beating a 6 month old Labrador Retriever puppy to death with a metal pipe in November 2010. Today he was sentenced to 2 years in prison but only needs to serve 6 months and he’s already been in prison for 3 months so he’ll be out in 3.
There was a 20 year old that was also charged but his case wasn’t "billed" by the grand jury, whatever that means.
I feel a lot of teens are out of control and think their fun is their business and doesn’t affect anybody else, especially when there are 2 or more together. They don’t realize there are consequences to their actions and maybe if they had more consequences growing up they’d turn out differently.
Don on the other hand feels prison is too harsh and he belongs in a psychiatric facility where he’ll get help.
He’d better hope he doesn’t run into some inmate who is a dog lover and hears what he did while he’s in jail. How can anyone do that to such a beautiful animal. My son has a GOLDEN Retriever, and they are the most faithful, lovable, obedient dogs on the planet, IMO. They’re just natural lovers at heart. It makes me sick when people intentionally hurt any animal. This punk’s punishment should have been more severe.
cases aren’t punished strongly enough. It’s a defenseless animal who can’t understand what is happening. So often they get off with only a fine. I think jail time is appropriate. How many serial killers start off abusing animals? Like Don, I think they should get psychiatric help in addition to the jail time. It just breaks my heart when I hear about stuff like this. At least if you are beating a person, they know what’s happening and why and can try to defend themselves. A dog has to just take it. So sad…so very sad.
Not to mention, dogs love and trust unconditionally. I look at my 3 puppies here and then read about what that monster did and I start to cry. I can’t imagine hurting one of my babies like that.
for sure. And yes, it’s well documented that many hardcore criminals – murderers – begin by abusing animals. I’m not against psychiatric counseling, but isn’t anyone guilty out there for just being evil? Particularly when the “mob mentality” is involved, people tend to revert to barbarism.
a dark alley – all alone. Him, and Michael Vick. No sympathy from me for people like this. Just a waste of breathin’ air.
that either the jury heard the presentation by the prosecution but did not believe the prosecutor had presented enough his/her case for prosecution (if the case should go forward to a jury trial, it is called a ‘true bill’ but if it isn’t proven to the Grand Jury it’s called a ‘no bill’) but it could also mean that the proscecutor decided against bringing charges against that person to a Grand Jury level. He could still be prosecuted at the district level versus the superior court level which has cases that will result in I believe it is state prison.
As to where the kid should go, I say prison first and then mandated psychological evaluation. If he’s doing that to an innocent dog, he’ll probably move on to another person next.
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