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Deanna Raeke
Deanna Raeke
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Passionate when it comes to my canine companions as well as dogs everywhere, it's my mission to raise awareness of any issues that affect them, from their health, food and nutrition and training to their welfare. Canine advocacy is something that everyone who cares about dogs needs to be aware of and we all need to share that and raise our voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.

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Justice Round-Up 11/18/09

I know, I’ve been slacking on Justice Round-Ups.  There have been other issues keeping all of us busy.  Here is the latest bunch I have and it’s not pretty.  Well a couple are, actually.  You can blame the jury on the first two I have to report.

antonio_ray_airAntonio Ray

The man who dragged his dog behind his bicycle and nearly suffered street justice from witnesses.  The original story is HERE.

Acquitted. After three hours of deliberation by the jury, Antonio Ray was found Not Guilty.  His defense was that he did not know he was dragging the dog behind him.  And the jury bought it.

Ray spoke to the press that night to tell HIS side of the story and stated that he hopes that the public will accept that this was just a horrible accident.

I’m sorry, but a 10-year-old can tell the difference between dragging something behind their bicycle vs. NOT dragging something behind their bicycle.   I think the jury just had “end of business day” on their brains.

KXII.com

Marques Eason

The first man to be charged under the felony statute of Kansas called Magnum’s Law or Scruffy’s Law.  Marques Eason used two dogs as a set of cymbals, knocked their heads together and threw them to the ground.  One of the dogs did not survive.  Deanna’s story is HERE.

Acquitted. Jurors deliberated less than an hour before finding Marques Eason not guilty of felony animal cruelty.  They didn’t think Eason’s actions were malicious.

Come on, deliberated less than an hour?  I find it hard for this jury to even spell the word MALICIOUS in less than an hour than it is to put any real brain power into deliberation.

Pet-Abuse.com

Quincy Lee Morrow

Angry at his girlfriend’s puppy because it barked and nipped at him.  So his likely solution towards the youngster is to toss her off a second story balcony.  The puppy, whose legs were broken, had to be euthanized.  Click HERE for the original story.

Morrow pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in a plea agreement and avoided jail.  He has been put on two years probation and is “absolutely prohibited from owning pets or living in a household where there are pets.”

The judge also ordered Morrow to attend a parenting program for he’s recently become a new father!  Isn’t that special.

StarTribune.com

Joshua Stitt

The ex-Marine who slit his dog’s throat and killed her puppies with a metal rod.   Click HERE for Deanna’s original story.

He pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated animal abuse in the first degree and a misdemeanor charge of animal abuse.  He will serve 130 days in jail, serve 18 months of supervised probation followed by 3 1/2 years of unsupervised probation.

His explanation to the court was he feared the mother dog was going to bite his wife.  He killed the puppies because he was moving and didn’t have the money to relinquish them to an animal shelter.

Joshua Stitt was also ordered to get a mental evaluation and to follow whatever treatment is recommended, and prohibited from possessing any animals for the five years he is on probation.

Oregon Live.com

c_cherry_airCheyenne Cherry

We all know her by her famous words she screamed at activists while being escorted into the courtroom.  It’s dead, bitch! Read all about “little precious” HERE.

Turns out her troubles are not over with yet.  Already sentenced to one year in prison, the courts realized they made a mistake.  It is illegal to reduce a violent felony charge to a non-violent charge.  OOPS! So she goes back to court on December 2 and could face more than one year in prison.   Yeah?  Scratch that, bitch!

The New York Post

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16 comments to Justice Round-Up 11/18/09

  • TERRY

    I see the justice system is doing a great job as usual , take all of these scum losers and feed hungry alligators

  • cat

    and humans get away with murder every day…..i have been trying for years to figure this insanity out….still cant fathom it…..like i have said before…an eye for an eye…where is our clout as citizens?..everyone is just running amok doing whatever they feel like….drugs, abuse, hate crimes…..on and on….o my

  • Our justice system is just a mess. We severely punish things that shouldn’t even be a blip on the radar, but precious lives of animals are nothing more than breaking a fancy glass. Unless and until the laws are changed to recognize animals as actual living beings and not property, this will continue. The worst one here is the man who dragged the dog. If the blood trail was as long as calculated, you know that dog was screaming in pain. There were people yelling at the man as well. No way he didn’t know that dog was tied to his bike. He had to see it when he climbed on the bike. What was wrong with that jury??? They’re as sick as the monster who committed the crime. Shame shame shame on all of them!

  • Susie

    My favorite line from one of the imbeciles above – Joshua Stitt is “He killed the puppies because he was moving and didn’t have the money to relinquish them to an animal shelter.” Now, this statement to me says the justice system and it’s jurors are more stupid than I originally thought. Since when do you have to pay a shelter to take in puppies?

    It is sad that our judicial system is so ignorant, other than a few judges who really put their best foot forward in sentencing some of these abusers, but anyone, from law clerks, prosecuting and defense attornies, and judges, should spend time in a shelter, working hand in hand with the people who volunteer their time, or working with a rescue, especially one who will take the time, energy and money to rehabilitate and foster any injured animal or abused animal. Maybe once they see the turn around from being an abused injured animal, into a loving obidient pup, they might have a change of heart in the way they carry out their sentences on these monster animal abusers/killers.

    I will volunteer to have any one of these judges work with me with my rescue efforts, and have them read the hundreds of emails I get pleading for help, both financially and hands on, to help these injured/abused babies.

  • Lisa K

    Oh joy more POS pathetic wastes of human flesh. By the way, I would truly like to know just what kind of so called people are on these jurys? I know the judges are all f*cked in the head for sure!!! Let me guess…more pathetic wases of human flesh. This country needs an enima!!! Bring back vigilante justice!!!!!!

    • TERRY

      I have been saying this for years , I would have love to have caught the jerk dragging the poor pit bull , but I know I would have ended up in jail

      • Peggy Juliann

        Hi Terry,

        We would make sure that you too got “a jury of your peers” Those would be dog lovers, animal rights advocates and all those who stood against animal cruelty and thought these worthless animal abusing cretins should get the porverbial “eye for an eye”. So NOT GUILTY and no jail time for you. We would not even have to retire to the jurors room to deliberate.

  • Peggy Juliann

    Hooray for the legal system. They sure do have their act together. Of course, dear dog lovers and fellow bloggers, we might have to excuse the juries. Law says a jury of your peers, for these depraved pond scum their juries were likely fellow animal abusers and low life pond scum. That sure would be “their peers”.

    Between weak prosecutors, air head judges, defense attorneys who see it as a win game rather than justice and jurors who are either scum themselves or just a bunch of sheep following some scum lead juror, it is hard to get any kind of justice. Shame on the entire lot of them, worhtless monsters disguised as humans with brains. I feel up to doing a little dragging, head banging and baking myself. Any juror who voted not guilty in these cases either needs to be examined for mental competency or needs to be placed on the animal abuser list themselves. Doing nothing in the face of terrible abuse is the same as being the abuser. Too bad there is not criminal charge for “Do Not Give a D—!”

  • Jessie

    Well now…I need say nothing here really! But, you all know I just can’t keep my mouth shut. It appears the jury of “MY” peers above have said it all, except………..what a qa-winkidink…….I was just saying to someone TODAY, that all these disgusting abusers of animal, child, elderly….basically, defenseless living creatures and beings of God, should just be shot on the spot and quit wasting the taxpayer’s (us), money. Enough is enough….a complete waste of time and money to all the honest, fair, caring, compassionate, humans. Yes, I too, am sick to death of these ridiculous “slaps on the hands” “punishments”!!! I so wish, I had millions and millions to buy an island and do with it what I wish. AND…..you all here, know what I’m talking about. I also made the comment today (no need to go into the story of what she did), “she should have never been born in the first place, but because she was, she most assuredly should have been fixed the second she was born!”. I could not pull up one single one of these story’s, as D said “read the story HERE”, because I remember them so vividly, without the pain of reliving them again……I just want every single one of these POS gone…forever. The island would work perfectly…..need research speciman’s!

    • Peggy Juliann

      I’m with you Jess, except the Island part….too easy to escape for these cretins. I opt for some distant sub planet, dropped off, who cares, do what you will to each other…oh yeah and as the lady who dumped one of my rescued cats at the high kill shelter said as she walked out the door,”Good Luck”. Only difference is, there won’t be any comnpassionate rescuer waiting to save these monsters.

  • excalibur2009

    Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Yeh – Sratch that Bitch Cheyenne Cherry : ). And as for the rest, some one needs to Bitch slap those stupid stupid juiors : (

  • Gypsy

    and this is why so many criminals run loose, we have so many who say we need to rehabilitate, but the poor abused fight dogs don’t get that chance, do they?
    and lil Ms Cherry, don’t we look so innocent in that pic, who would think she was an animal murderer? just look at that sweet pic of the kitten, the torture, and this is why so many wanted to get their hands on yeah, that bitch.
    actually, our hands could stay busy for days with all those monsters.

    • Susie

      I have asked and wondered before – isn’t the judicial system supposed to rehabilitate these prisoners? Or is it a free for all while they are in jail? Ooops, I forgot, these sub humans are allowed cable tv, nice workout rooms, etc. – is a jail sentence equal to that of a health club vacation nowadays?

      • Peggy Juliann

        Add e-mail, phone calls, conjugal visits for many, great outdoor rec facilities, and of course the commissary for goodies, yep a real sentence. Rehabbing is the last thing, and punishment even less. And if you are really unhappy, you can get the ACLU to back you on how bad the food is, or how hot you cell is. Most of all, your family and friends will still walk around and tell all who will listen that you “really are a good person” and that you are either “not guilty” or are “misundertstood”.

  • Gabbie

    Justice seems to be picking out the wrong side, most often…how unfortunate :(

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