[rovenstinez]

If he threw a pet rat off the balcony how many years?

[gitmo]

Didn't Michael Jackson try something like this?

[dc-zoo]

They should just throw him off the balcony to even the score.

[RikaStrom]

The title is a bit off. It looks like that combination criminal was sentenced for a little bit of everything. Only two years for the dog.

Damn cruel thing of him to do, the woman is lucky it wasn't her he tossed of the balcony.

It's still a damn cruel thing to do.

[Cicero]

Actually the headline is pretty misleading. He is primarily guilty of breaking into an apartment and threatening to murder his ex-girlfriend with a knife. In that context tossing the dog off the balcony can be seen as part of the threat.

[LibWhacker]

I just lost it.

I'm so sick of that lame excuse. It's no excuse at all. Sounds like the judge agrees with me.

[rs79bm]

was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison.

I'm a huge animal rights activist but this has got to be the reason all of our prisons are overcrowded.

[The G Man]

Well, the dog WAS sixteen years old ya know! (/dark humor off)

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Outstanding. Finally a Judge with some cajones.

A man in Ithaca recently slit his dog's throat, left it to die and only got three years probation.

[Lael]

A man who threw his girlfriend's dog off her 23rd-floor balcony

Now, if it had been a CAT, it would in all probability have survived!

I know of one cat who fell from the 22nd floor in Manhattan. The cat survived and was as good as new within six months.

The owner became a nervous wreck!

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[red-dawg]

Jefferson tossed the 16-year-old black and white terrier-poodle mix to its death ..

Was Jack Nicholson in the neighborhood?

[Once-Ler]

This jerk was off his rockers in love/hate with his girlfiend.
He sounds like he has no control of himself and is better off the street.

His girlfriend is lucky she is alive.
It is unfortunate that it takes something like this to get the Law to do something. I wonder if she had a gun...would she be facing charges for shooting him after he killed spot?

[AmericaUnited]

He should have said he excerised his "choice" and "aborted" the dog. Instant hero.

[sinkspur]

I wish people would quit posting these animal abuse threads.

If I ever win the lottery, it's just another name I've added to my list of people who've got to assume room temperature.

[Paul Atreides]

Is it just me, or whenever stuff like this happens, is it always a poodle dog involved? I'm not making fun, but I remember that guy who threw the woman's dog onto the freeway. It seems as if it was a poodle, as well.

[DonQ]

Although his crime was extremely cruel, twelve years is longer than the sentences that are handed out for brutally beating a human.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Jefferson tossed the 16-year-old black and white terrier-poodle mix to its death

Any sane person would've put this animal out of its misery by age 12. It was probably crapping itself and bleeding all over the carpet.

People just don't know when its time.

The guy saved the lady several hundred dollars in vet bills that would've incurred as she tried to keep the animal alive for another 15 years.

[MigrantOkie]

"Jefferson tossed the 16-year-old black and white terrier-poodle mix"

Oh hell come on guys. Look at that breed mix. You know d@mn well you be tempted to do the same thing. Especially in the middle of an argument when the yappy little mutt would be all over your ankles. (not that he couldn't use some anger management of course)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

He should have tried this defense:

The Cutest Dog


Paul got off the elevator on the 40th floor and nervously knocked on his blind date's door. She opened it and was as beautiful and charming as everyone had said.

"I'll be ready in a few minutes," she said. "Why don't you play with Rollo while you're waiting?" He does wonderful tricks. He rolls over, shakes hands, sits up and if you make a hoop with your arms, he'll jump through."

The dog followed Paul onto the balcony and started rolling over. Paul made a hoop with his arms and Rollo jumped through -- and over the balcony railing. Just then Paul's date walked out.

"Isn't Rollo the cutest, happiest dog you've ever seen?"

"To tell the the truth," he replied, "he seemed a little depressed to me."