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Killer of cats gets 5 years in prison
star ledger ^ | 12.05.08 | MARYANN SPOTO

Posted on 01/13/2009 7:23:57 PM PST by Coleus

Edited on 01/14/2009 3:01:31 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

When a litter of sickly kittens was born in his backyard last fall, Ben Hoffman and his wife nursed them back to health before putting two of them up for adoption. A man answering his newspaper ad for free kittens jumped at the chance to adopt the 8-week-old sisters. He even went so far as to crawl under a piece of furniture to try to get to their brother, but the Hoffmans told him they were keeping the pet for themselves.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: animalabuse; catlady; cats; crime; kittyping; mentalillness; meow
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1 posted on 01/13/2009 7:23:57 PM PST by Coleus
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To: Coleus

It’s a funny life to begin with, and yet, we also live in interesting times.


2 posted on 01/13/2009 7:25:42 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Coleus

Killing kittens...he’s doing it wrong.

4 posted on 01/13/2009 7:28:13 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Coleus

I hope he meets a very large cat lover in prison.


5 posted on 01/13/2009 7:29:35 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Are you rich? Tell a liberal you work for a living and he will tell you that you are!)
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To: Coleus

I think the guy is beyond deranged, and I do like animals, but I have to ask why this guy gets five years in jail and we can’t put a rapist away for good?


6 posted on 01/13/2009 7:31:33 PM PST by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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To: Coleus

A guy in Wayne County, IL killed a donkey in 2007, the other day he was sentenced to 7 years.....


7 posted on 01/13/2009 7:33:34 PM PST by GrannyK
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To: proud_yank

Well I definitely agree we should put away Rapists for good, even capital punishment in some cases.

However I think 5 years is a just penalty for his crimes. If for nothing else that killing animals is usually a sign of things to come. $10 this guy is a murderer within 20 years.


8 posted on 01/13/2009 7:33:58 PM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: Coleus

“He justified his actions, saying he was under stress after being out of work for more than a month, according to the report. Reading from the psychological report, Neafsey said Appolonia also was stressed over fights with his brother Matthew, who was convicted last year along with another brother, Stephen, in a bid-rigging scandal in Monmouth County.”

No sympathy here. Rot, dirtbag. I hope “Bubba” is making you cry and bleed right now.


9 posted on 01/13/2009 7:34:49 PM PST by richmwill
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To: Coleus; Slings and Arrows

viking kitty ping


10 posted on 01/13/2009 7:45:38 PM PST by Mercat (God doesn't call me to be successful. God calls me to be faithful. Mother Teresa)
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To: All

Jeffery Dahmer started with animal cruelty


11 posted on 01/13/2009 7:52:58 PM PST by Sir Hailstone (86% of Democrats admit they had sex in the shower - the other 14% haven't been to prison yet...)
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To: Coleus

And killers of the unborn get funding.


12 posted on 01/13/2009 7:53:53 PM PST by Lizavetta
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"If for nothing else that killing animals is usually a sign of things to come. $10 this guy is a murderer within 20 years."
Which is why he should be sentenced to life. These guys invariably graduate from torturing innocent animals to killing humans, with or without torture. It is a sign of someone who places no value on the life of other living things.

Maybe he will meet someone like him in prison.
13 posted on 01/13/2009 7:58:11 PM PST by Sudetenland (Those diplomats serve best, who serve as cannon fodder to protect our troops!)
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To: Coleus; Hap; Bacon Man; Allegra; humblegunner

This is gonna piss you off, ping!


14 posted on 01/13/2009 8:01:11 PM PST by TheMom (When does humblegunner get to test TheGirl's Christmas present?)
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To: Sudetenland

Life?

He should be executed. Perhaps his children too.


15 posted on 01/13/2009 8:06:18 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousnad years.)
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To: proud_yank
The fact that some sentences for some crimes are way too lenient than for this type, is no excuse to decerease these, rather than increase those.

OTOH, that "nasty, outdated, cruel, and judgemental" book, The Bible, has a few things to say about mandatory sentences for such things as rape and murder. Too bad Society ignores them; otherwise, people might see, and these things cease from among them.

And, no; Jesus didn't set that aside, as forgiveness in the spirit has nothing to do with not judicially punishing the flesh.

16 posted on 01/13/2009 8:19:15 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (If Liberalism doesn't kill me, I'll live 'till I die!)
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To: Mercat; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
I agree with the folks who hope he meets a very large cat lover in prison.


17 posted on 01/13/2009 8:30:42 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (0bama must be well-endowed - look at how often he steps on his d---.)
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To: freedumb2003

So do I!
Large and mean.


18 posted on 01/13/2009 8:35:27 PM PST by Monkey Face (If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?)
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To: Coleus; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag

Anything I say will get me a week's ban.

19 posted on 01/13/2009 8:38:19 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:(~)
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To: Coleus

He got 5 years for killing some animals? Why? Because they’re cute and fluffy wuffy? How many animals have died because most people here (including me) have enjoyed eating tasty burgers and succulent pork chops? Is there such a big moral difference in killing a kitten because it makes you feel better about the fact that you are a pathetic loser, and killing a less cute animal because you love the taste of cooked animal flesh, or at least one that justifies a 5 year prison sentence?

I’m not a member of PETA or even a vegetarian, I’m just wondering why people who have no qualms about eating meat get so wound up about this sort of thing...


20 posted on 01/13/2009 8:46:51 PM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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