[Askel5]

animal cruelty charges for starving horses and a dog

Nice counterpoint to the Schiavo story.

[GovernmentShrinker]

This judge needs his head examined, leaving this guy in charge of an adolescent. I wonder how often she gets fed, and whether she's grasped that having starving animals all around your home is not okay?

[First Amendment]

Demon should be beaten, severely, in public.

But what about when judges and "hospices" starve humans? Shouldn't they be punished too?

[Chuckster]

Where is this? The references to Burlington and Woodstock had me thinking Vermont but that would be Chittenden county, not Kane.

[moyden2000]

Anyone who thinks a child should lose her sole parent over a wolf, a racoon, and a couple of horses is sick.

Animal abuse should result in fines, not prison time. Animals are just animals - the child comes first.