No Justice
@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
March 25, 2017 10:49am CST
What punishment would you allot to someone who was found guilty of 178 counts of Animal Cruelty? Well apparently in my county of Freestone; not even a slap on the hand. A small dog breeder who has been in 'business' for 24 years got a fine of $211. 00.
The Humane Society of North Texas took all the dogs in for medical care and future adoption at a cost of $23,126; which the owners are told they have to reimburse. All of the animals had: external parasites, intestinal parasites, were under-weight, matted coats, hookworms, tapeworms, eye infections, skin infections, periodontal diseases and overgrown toenails growing into the pads of their feet.
The most disgusting part of it all was the statement that the Sheriff made regarding the punishment phase: "I hope this is a warning for residents in Freestone County that Animal Cruelty will not be tolerated." Seriously??????
You think a lousy $211 in court fines is an example of stopping this type of crime??? Oh yeah, and good luck on getting these lousy people to pay the HSNT back for all the medical bills.
I am sooooooo mad I could scream!!!!!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
25 Mar 17
It is not only $211 it is also $23126 more to reimburse, but, yes, it is nothing. In this case in my country the court would have aggregated the sentence : committing 1 or 200 times the same crime in the same place is always considered like 1 crime. The maximum penalty for animal cruelty is 2 years of jail, and I suppose it is what he would have got+a prohibition to breed any animal in the future.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
25 Mar 17
@nanette64 There is no forced labor in our jails, and sadly quite no job to offer to prisoners wanting to work, due to the bad economy actually. I say sadly, because when they work 20% is used to pay damages to their victims...
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Mar 17
@topffer Maybe plowing and planting a corn field with all the sold proceeds going to help the victims. And if the prisoner tries to make a run for it; let the guards shoot them.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Mar 17
I would at least be happy with a 2-year jail term @topffer with hard labor.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Mar 17
@LadyDuck You sure can, the more the merrier.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Mar 17
My judgement would be: locked in a room with them for 5 minutes with a baseball bat @LadyDuck .
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
$211 for what they did? I got a $175 fine for not immobilising my wheels completely when I made a stop. If that is supposed to be a joke, I hope the sheriff realises that we are not laughing.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
5 Apr 17
You can bet my Dear Editor letter to the paper included 'slapping' the sheriff as well @1hopefulman .
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
26 Mar 17
How terrible.
Here now they are sentencing someone to three years in Jail but what they did to the animals was really dreadful.
Any kind of cruelty is dreadful but this one person went way past that and so now the Law has clamped down on them.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
27 Mar 17
@nanette64
Yes three whole years in Jail although they want to give them extra time for what they did.
So don´t know the end result yet but they will be in for a long haul.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Mar 17
It's about time @lovinangelsinstead21 . Animal cruelty is inexcusable.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Mar 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 3 years is good for me; although life would be better.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
25 Mar 17
But wait, do they have to pay the cost of the transport to the humane society?
Still and all that is not an example of justice
Wish someone would treat them as they treated those animals.
Wish someone would treat them as they treated those animals.1 person likes this
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Mar 17
The $23,000 is just for the medical care of the animals @TiarasOceanView . I think a 4x4 cage would be just about right.
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
25 Mar 17
i would be mad also,, that was very stupid on the judges part..good to see your post i havn't seen one for awhile...
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Mar 17
And they wonder why this kind of behavior continues @hostessman . I wrote a post on Thursday and Friday. I guess they just weren't very interesting.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
25 Mar 17
This is the norm and not the exception unfortunately.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Mar 17
I know @AbbyGreenhill and that's why nothing ever changes.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
25 Mar 17
That is ridiculous and makes me so angry. It happens far to often and all they get is a slap on the wrist.
