Posted on 09/21/2006 7:09:47 AM PDT by newgeezer
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A [St. Louis] Metro East man was ordered to spend two years in prison after admitting in court that he tore the head off a kitten in the wake of a fight with his live-in girlfriend.
When it comes to animal abuse cases, "we don't get prison sentences all the time, so it's always good when we do," Stephanee Smith, a spokeswoman for the Madison County State's Attorney's Office, said Tuesday of the case against Jacob Thornton.
Thornton, 21, of Bethalto[, Illinois], was to have had a preliminary hearing last Thursday on the felony animal torture charge but instead pleaded guilty, Smith said.
A judge ordered Thornton's sentence to run concurrently to a prison term related to a parole violation.
Authorities say that after a July 28 dispute between Thornton and his 30-year-old live-in girlfriend, the woman left the home before returning to find her kitten's head and detached body in the front yard.
At the time, Thornton was out on parole on a 2005 aggravated battery conviction.
Four days after he was charged with animal torture, he also was charged with burglarizing a motor vehicle. That case is pending.
Thornton's criminal background, dating to 2002, includes convictions of burglary, attempted robbery, retail theft, probation violations, theft, resisting arrest, criminal trespass to a vehicle and domestic battery.
What a sick sonofabitch.
Which animals are those?
They are like eternal children and require our care and love.
How are they like "eternal children"?
What is your basis for those statements? Personal opinions? Tradition? Scripture?
Nothing wrong with older women. Although at 21 he still has a lot of maturing to do - 25 and 34, or 31 and 40, or what have you, would be much less of an issue than 21 and 30.
LOL. What took you so long? Yours was post 14, and so entirely predictable.
Every animal abuse thread has this same post. It must be simply God-awful to turn around and see aborted babies wherever you go.
Cats and dogs primarily. But see the quote from St. Francis of Assisi at #10 for a general statement of our responsibility.
How are they like "eternal children"?
When we take on a pet, we stunt its growth as a "feral" animal. They don't ever grow up, since they don't learn to hunt or forage. They are children for their entire lives.
What is your basis for those statements? Personal opinions? Tradition? Scripture?
Yes.
"Nothing wrong with older women."
Older women, make beautiful lovers
Older women, they understand
I've been around some, and I have discovered
That older women know just how to please a man.
(Verse)
Everybody seems to love those younger women
From eighteen on up to twenty-five
Well I love 'em too, but I'm tellin' you
Learnin' how to really love, takes a little time.
(Verse)
So baby don't you worry about growin' older
Those young girls ain't got nothin' in you
'Cause it takes some livin', to get good at givin'
And givin' love is just where you could teach them a thing or two.
It IS God AWFUL that we as a country kill our unborn. Don't like my post don't read it.
Yeah, I saw that, and it left me with the same question. "Any of God's creatures" would seem to include chipmunks, mice, rats, snakes, spiders, ... So, I also have to wonder how you feel about mousetraps, flyswatters, etc. I suppose it's conceivable that my dispensing a quick death to them is showing them "compassion and pity." But, is it okay to put out D-CON to control mice and/or rats? How would you feel about my drowning them?
They are children for their entire lives.
You believe they're "eternal"? If so, on what do you base such a belief? Please be specific.
We, as a country, do not kill our unborn. That is an individual making that decision.
"Hurting or killing a pet...is the same as hurting or killing a 3 year old child."
I hope you're joking or at least exaggerating your position. Really.
So why no penalty for killing a cow?
Your argument consists of foul language and name-calling.
I didn't even assert a position. I asked two questions.
Why did those questions irritate you so much? Does it make you uncomfortable to think about how you feel and why?
CHeck this out:
Some people keep hamsters, some fish. There are beekeepers and people who like snakes. Some adore their birds.
So was the punishment for killing a cat, or for killing someone's pet, or for destroying someone's property?
Our "country" sins. America is not perfect, nor innocent.
This isn't a Crevo thread -- if you want to go torture kittens, have at it.
No -- I think that hurting a pet is the same as hurting a child.
"Why do you think it's ok to torture defensless animals when you feel like it?"
How did you get that idea? Because I asked two questions?
It seems he's dead serious. I mean, he said if someone were to hurt his cat, he would prefer to kill the offender.
My initial thought was that he must be a wiccan.
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