Posted on 03/26/2017 11:25:07 AM PDT by Boomer
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina man who wrapped electrical tape around a dog's muzzle to stop her from barking has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Media outlets report William Dodson's sentence Friday represented the state's maximum for animal cruelty. However, Dodson's sentence for mistreating Caitlyn won't extend his prison time.
The 43-year-old North Charleston man was sentenced a day earlier in federal court to 15 years on a gun charge stemming from a traffic stop months before Caitlyn was found in spring 2015. Under a plea agreement, the two sentences will run simultaneously.
"I wish I could give you more," Judge Markley Dennis told Dodson in court Friday.
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He gets the felony discount. 2 for the price of 1. Sentence to run concurrently with his other 15 yr felony.
Great attitude, Mr. Screaming Caps. I’ll make sure to take the same attitude if something happens to your kids.
Was this character booted off the forum? I hope so.
I hope that freeper doesn’t identify as pro-life.
Too lazy to take the dog to a pound or out to a field and shoot it in the head (not that I’m condoning that). What a guy.
Exactly.
It's about morality, empathy, compassion, culture, and resisting the innate barbarism and evil tendencies in humans.
It has nothing to do with "property" or "freedom."
Is there any evil you won’t defend?
Coat Hanger Rapist Gets No Jail Time,
http://www.inquisitr.com/3812613/john-r-k-howard-coat-hanger-rapist-gets-no-jail-time-shouldnt-suffer-the-consequences-of-a-sex-offender/
Thank you. I cannot imagine what I would do without the three rescues I currently have. I guess my username comes as no surprise. Bert was an awesome dog. She was not a rescue but the other four have been.
I hope that freeper doesn’t identify as pro-life.
Ironically, a lot of the Pro Lifers are completely willing to tolerate any and all animal torture and abuse.
Not all of them, but a lot.
I've observed their posts for years.
“Indeed animals are for eating not pets.”
Oh please.
I’ll bet you think that is actually a “conservative” position, don’t you?
Freaking nutcase.
If he did this to a human it would be 5 years maybe less.
Let me help you out, clown.
This kind of barbarism is completely antithetical to the values and culture of Western Civilization, and America specifically.
I know your type. I've been on this board for 20 years.
You and your ilk have a weird fetish for extremist Ayn Randian objectivism and libertarianism, up to and including anarchy. Morality is just a social construct, a symptom of human frailty.
"Freedom" and "Liberty" to you a-holes means a complete abandonment of Western culture, heritage, and mortality as long as every person can do whatever the hell he wants at any time with no judgment or consequences.
The only moral reservation you people have is murder. But polygamy, pedophilia, public nudity, porn everywhere in the public square, vile language everywhere, etc. etc. etc. is fine.
I know your type. I've watched your clowns for years. So has everyone else.
Your type also has an extreme fetish for "free market principles" so much so that you're completely willing to watch America burn as long as global corporations maximize their stock price.
You're not fooling me. The whole "animals are property so animal torture is OK" masquerade is simply the "Conservative Anarchist" coming to the surface.
Crawl back into your hole. Better luck next time.
Stop projecting your "morality". My uncle has been a well-respected veterinarian for over 50 years and is known by his clientele as "The Dog Whisperer", and he would be the first person to say that "...it's just a dog..."
He also is adamant in his belief that a dog will *rarely** get a 2nd opportunity to bite a human and *****N-E-V-E-R***** gets a 3rd chance.
You're obviously entitled to your opinion, but so is everyone else. You don't have a lock on absolute morality, and you are *completely* wrong in your observation of those who don't agree with your position.
I absolutely looooove dogs -- but they are "just" dogs...
Glasgow [Montana] man sentenced to probation for raping 12-year-old girl
http://www.krtv.com/story/33386821/glasgow-man-sentenced-to-probation-for-raping-12-year-old-girl
You compare a muzzle to the torture this freakin’ savage inflicted on this animal?!!? What in God’s name is wrong with you? Go back to the DUmp you sick jerk.
This made me ill. There are lots of animal lovers in prisons. May they give him some animal love justice!
Your post makes no sense. You mention your uncle the veterinarian saying “He also is adamant in his belief that a dog will *rarely** get a 2nd opportunity to bite a human and *****N-E-V-E-R***** gets a 3rd chance.” But that is not what this article is about. The owner taped the dogs muzzle for BARKING, not for biting. And indeed had the dog been bitten it should have been euthanized. I seriously doubt your uncle would condone taping it’s muzzle shut.
What this person did was categorically wrong. That doesn't mean everyone has to agree on what his punishment should have been.
The dog is his property and he should do whatever he wants with his property.
If this dog owner was hungry and needed a meal, could he have humanely slaughtered his dog and eaten it?
Because that wouldn't be cruelty, right? And the dog was his property, right?
The distinction between the two scenarios is relevant, IMHO. When we ascribe "rights" to animals, it can be a slippery slope.
Myself, I'm a dog-lover, so I'd never commit either of those acts against my property.
But I can accept the fact that other property owners might have different opinions...
Stop projecting your "morality". My uncle has been a well-respected veterinarian for over 50 years and is known by his clientele as "The Dog Whisperer", and he would be the first person to say that "...it's just a dog..."
Everybody look! Another animal torture advocate! He's even used his veterinarian uncle to justify animal torture!
You're obviously entitled to your opinion, but so is everyone else. You don't have a lock on absolute morality, and you are *completely* wrong in your observation of those who don't agree with your position.
Another tactic for the Conservative Anarchists: "Don't judge me!"
I absolutely looooove dogs -- but they are "just" dogs...
"Animals are property, so let's torture them all!" - So sayeth Judeo-Christ.
Crawl back into your hole with your fellow traveler Freedomstar. Have fun with the mutual masturbation squirrel torturing session you freaks seem to enjoy.
Newsflash: DOGS BARK. This isn’t about biting. And taping muzzle shut is abuse.
Sometimes, it’s a doggone shame that people are so doggedly dogmatic...
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