Thanks to a "three-strikes" law, a man could get life in prison for killing a police dog.
A fund has been established by the Vancouver Police Department to raise money to purchase another dog.
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You really have to worry about the state of the judicial system in this country when somebody who has clearly committed child abuse is allowed to walk free.
Some details of this horrendous case:
A Naples mother who had her 13-year-old daughter’s head shaved and private area pierced to prevent her from continuing to have sex was acquitted of child abuse charges Thursday.
A five-man, one-woman Collier Circuit Court jury deliberated roughly three hours before deciding the 39-year-old mother was not guilty of aggravated child abuse or child abuse, finding her actions didn’t involve punishment, malicious intent or cause permanent damage or disfigurement.
She didn't mean any harm to her daughter; she was doing it for her own good.
Kelly and Rogers said jurors didn’t find any malicious intent. “She made poor parental decisions, but nothing was done with malice,” Rogers said. “She tried to get help and then called police, but no one helped and she wound up getting herself in trouble.”
Unreal. The person who did the piercing wasn't very credible, at least to the jury, but why does the mother walk?
They believed Day over Maresca, and considered the case an intrusion on parental rights.
“Maybe it was not the best decision in the world,” Kelly said. “But the intent was to try to stop a girl who was completely out of control. ... Are you going to put every parent in jail for making a bad decision?”
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Hooch, the sole survivor of three dogs who were hit by a train the other day, is on the road to recovery.
People should know better than to do what those owners did.
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