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"I sing for the animals"

Below is the text of a recent article and a link to the actual article with reader's comments. I have been following this story for a bit now and my anger has not diminished with the "justice" found in this sad little sentence. To be indifferent about a case like this is to be no friend of mine.

Brothers who baked puppy get 10 years

By D.L. BENNETT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 02/09/07

The brothers who admitted baking a puppy to death in a gas oven have been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation.

Joshua and Justin Moulder were sentenced Friday afternoon to 10 years for burglary and five years for animal cruelty, but the sentences will be served concurrently, not consecutively.


Rich Addicks/Staff
(ENLARGE)
Prosecutor Laura Janssen (foreground) and veterinarian Melinda Merck use a dog for a demonstration during the December trial in Fulton County of two brothers who later pleaded guilty to killing a puppy.

The Moulders, 17 and 19, faced up to 85 years if sentenced to the maximum on all nine charges to which they pleaded guilty to last month.

Prosecutors had offered a plea deal that would have meant a minimum of 10 years of jail time for each of the two young men. Defense lawyers balked. Instead, the Moulders pleaded guilty with no plea agreement hoping that Fulton Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore would not be so harsh, but they received the same sentence.

Thee case has touched a nerve with animal lovers all over the world.

Fulton County judicial officials say they've gotten more than 5,000 cards, letters and e-mails from all over the United States as well as numerous other countries.

Similarly, two online petitions started after the first trial of the Moulders now have about 25,000 signatures with more coming every day. The petitions boast names from Brazil, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel and Australia. Linda Zotter of Syracuse, N.Y., while enduring cancer treatment, took time out to knock on doors and gather signatures for her own personal petition.

"I do believe they should be put away for life," Zotter said. "I would not want them living next to me. I would like to make sure they don't just get a slap on the wrist."

The case has had a life of its own on the Internet, with links from numerous animal advocacy sites to news and public interest sites such as the Drudge Report.

Mark Lisella of Charleston, S.C., found the story on the Drudge Report. He said he was moved to write District Attorney Paul Howard because the dog's treatment was so horrible.

People, he said, have become somewhat desensitized to sensational, grisly murders. But this victim, a tiny puppy, was so purely sympathetic.

"I just thought it was really disgusting," Lisella said.



http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/02/08/0209metpuppy.html


I Sing for the Animals (Teton Sioux)
Out of the earth
I sing for them,
A Horse nation
I sing for them.
Out of the earth
I sing for them,
The animals
I sing for them.

The icky love holiday is almost here...

What do I want for Valentine's Day this year? Flowers at work, sushi for dinner, and an evening viewing of Music & Lyrics.

But if I can't have those, I'll settle for JT's dick in a box...