I'm guessing the defense will claim it wasn't murder, really, but euthanasia.
That sickly old thing had been wasting away for years. We just couldn't stand seeing the old girl suffer any more.
Had to put it out of its misery.
The as yet unanswered question is, since the sherrif has no balls, will the citizens form a posse or just grumble a little and go back to sleep.
I vote we posse up and go after them.
When the civil disobedience comes and everyone is running around asking, "WHY?", remember this decision and the sodomy decision and the millions of criminal aliens that have so easily waltzed into our country.
Folks are getting fed up!
My prediction....just grumble a little and go back to sleep.