[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Good.

Not nearly long enough... but: good.

[kingsurfer]

Good.

Not nearly long enough... but: good.

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Damn right!

[areafiftyone]

OMG that is sooo sick. He deserves to be beat up himself!

[MisterRepublican]

And yet thousands of innocent babies are murdered in the womb everyday and it's called "choice".

[RockinRight]

Sick sonofab&tch...

[1stFreedom]

Hmm, rip a preterm 8 month old limb from limb, and get paid... Beat a puppy and get 18 months..

Isn't there some inequeity here?

[Semper Paratus]

Hope Maine does have a "Shawshank" prison so he could get aquainted with "The Sisters".

[NautiNurse]

A few years ago, a man in Florida was sentenced for killing his dog because he thought the dog was gay.

[wideawake]

The prosecutor is right. People who treat animals like this will inevitably treat a human being like this given a motive and the opportunity.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Hope you guys don't get any flak for condemning the animal abuser. There's way too many folks on this board who will see you as PETA or animal rights extremists.

[American_Centurion]

"People who would abuse or torture innocent animals are people who would do the same (to humans) under the right circumstances," Fowle said.

Welcome to the Pre-Crime unit. 18 months is too harsh for animal abuse. Make the guy do a ton of community service and probation, toss in some counseling, maybe a month or two behind bars. 18 months is waaaaaaay out of line for killing an animal.

[leadpencil1]

This sounds a little extreme. What if he had beaten a squirrel or a hamster to death the same way? Lock 'em up?

[zarf]

This guy is total trash. A real time bomb.

Maybe he'll get raped in prison....here's hoping.

[NordP]

These stories really PISS me off. There, I did it too!

MAY HE ROT IN HELL.

[TChris]

Good. Perhaps he should be turned loose in a cage with a dozen mean, hungry bull mastiffs and see if he can control his bladder!

[ambrose]

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[Americanwolf]

Well I realize it was only a dog, but the time he is getting is not long enough...

[floydibanezer]

Did this sick dumbass think puppies are born housebroken? They should lock these people up with the same dogs that are eventually destroyed because they attack or kill a person.

[Asphalt]

I'll admit that anyone who beats up a baby puppy is sick, but you shouldn't go to prison for 1 1/2 years for being sick. People have gotten less for worse things.

[lilylangtree]

Reminds me of a story in the local paper today where a 21 year old sailor killed his 28 day old son while the mother slept by sitting on the baby to keep the little guy quiet so that the sailor could play Pokemon on a Game Boy machine. The sailor pleaded guilty to murder, five counts of "assault by means likely to cause grievous bodily harm" and one count of "assault consummated by a battery." Sailor got life in prison.

[Ginifer]

"He beat the dog to death because it urinated inside his residence, but the dog urinated because it was scared to death of him because of past abusive treatment," Fowle said."

A four month old puppy doesn't have a large bladder and is unable to hold it for very long. How would he have liked it if his parents beat him to death at four months because he couldn't hold his bladder? People like him who abuse humans and pets are the derelicts of our society. Lock him up and let him see where the animals are....