PASabreFan Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/18/actor....y.ap/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiofan Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Oh my God what a neanderthal. Men who have small minds and crawl into bottles only to find that their heads are too large to crawl back out absolutely disgust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Disgusting. I have no love for cats, but to beat a cat to death is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 I hope he gets his throat sliced in prison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 "The defendant killed Norman simply because he was an angry, jealous and drunken bully." OK, who's fault is that? Who gave the cat the booze? It certainly didn't go out of the apartment and buy it himself! Cats don't have money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 "The defendant killed Norman simply because he was an angry, jealous and drunken bully." OK, who's fault is that? Who gave the cat the booze? It certainly didn't go out of the apartment and buy it himself! Cats don't have money. Unless they're in the will.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 I want to know where they are getting this charge of "aggravated cruelty to animals" from, because I cannot find it anywhere in my 2008 copy of the NYS Penal Code. There are some statutes pertaining to the injury and assault of service animals, and of course police animals, but I cannot find anything to do with civilian owned animals. The only law dealing with civilian owned animals has to deal with sexual abuse. So it must be some weird Manhattan law that they're getting him on, because it's not a state law. By state law it would probably be a misdemeanor reckless endangerment of property, and you can only get a year in jail at most for that, so long as they feel the cat is worth more than $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 I want to know where they are getting this charge of "aggravated cruelty to animals" from, because I cannot find it anywhere in my 2008 copy of the NYS Penal Code. There are some statutes pertaining to the injury and assault of service animals, and of course police animals, but I cannot find anything to do with civilian owned animals. The only law dealing with civilian owned animals has to deal with sexual abuse. So it must be some weird Manhattan law that they're getting him on, because it's not a state law. By state law it would probably be a misdemeanor reckless endangerment of property, and you can only get a year in jail at most for that, so long as they feel the cat is worth more than $250. I don't have the time to read this all the way through, but maybe this? ? 353-a. Aggravated cruelty to animals 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally kills or intentionally causes serious physical injury to a companion animal with aggravated cruelty. For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner. 2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit or interfere in any way with anyone lawfully engaged in hunting, trapping, or fishing, as provided in article eleven of the environmental conservation law, the dispatch of rabid or diseased animals, as provided in article twenty-one of the public health law, or the dispatch of animals posing a threat to human safety or other animals, where such action is otherwise legally authorized, or any properly conducted scientific tests, experiments, or investigations involving the use of living animals, performed or conducted in laboratories or institutions approved for such purposes by the commissioner of health pursuant to section three hundred fifty-three of this article. 3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 55.10 of the penal law provided, however, that any term of imprisonment imposed for violation of this section shall be a definite sentence, which may not exceed two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 No wonder I couldn't find it, stupid book I have doesn't include Part 3 (the 300s) of the NYS Penal Code. They just...leave it out. What the hell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frisky Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Perhaps behind on the subscription payments so they didn't send you the latest volume? Like encyclopedias :P. But, yup, that guy's a bastard. They should make him play with a kitty more his size. Perhaps like a tiger or lion or even a cougar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Absolutely disgusting. Makes me appreciate my six felines at home even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Perhaps behind on the subscription payments so they didn't send you the latest volume? Like encyclopedias :P. But, yup, that guy's a bastard. They should make him play with a kitty more his size. Perhaps like a tiger or lion or even a cougar. Not a bad option, if you think about it. At least you didn't say Florida Panther, even though they are considered a type of cougar. They are critically endangered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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