[jerrymdss]

Just becuase justice is not done elsewhere does not mean it should not be applied here.

One year for this crime seems reasonable to me.

[chadmaster]

Everyone seems to forget this was a government official. Government officials ought to and must be held to a higher standard of conduct than the average person, as they ought to and should be setting an example to others (especially in a prison!). That said, he deserves the harshest possible sentence in this case, because he, of all people, should be upholding the law, not breaking it.

[Sangamon Kid]

Just becuase justice is not done elsewhere does not mean it should not be applied here.

The work "justice" implies that the rights of some person have been violated. Animals never did and never will have "rights". They have always been considered "property" in the eyes of the law, unless of course you're a Hindu or practicing animist. This is one of the sad but inevitable results of evolutionary thought, of which many even on Free Republic have bought into, lock, stock and barrel. The twisted thinking of our politically correct judicial system only reveals how morally corrupt we have become.

People who are cruel to animals may have some pyschological problems, but criminalizing the act of cruelty to animals is absurd, unless of course you think you're no better than the mice in your cupboard.

[ST.LOUIE1]

One year for this crime seems reasonable to me.

He should have gotten one year for each kitten.