Guest Anonymous Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 And gets to keep a pet! What the heck is this world coming too! This is the second time this woman has had animals removed for animal abuse yet the judge suspends her sentence and allows her to keep a dog! If this state were up on things she would have never had a second chance now she is being given a third! http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/3659577/detail.html Woman Guilty Of Animal Cruelty Avoids Jail Judge Says 67-Year-Old Can Still Have A Pet POSTED: 9:28 am CDT August 17, 2004 UPDATED: 9:39 am CDT August 17, 2004 COVINGTON, La. -- A 67-year-old woman has been given five years of probation following the March seizure of scores of malnourished dogs and horses from her Lacombe home. Janis Walder pleaded guilty to 123 counts of animal cruelty. State District Judge Raymond Childress suspended a 10-year prison sentence and placed her on probation. Walder had been jailed since she was booked March 11, the day after animal-control workers started removing starving dogs, horses and turtles from her two-story home and surrounding property. She was released Friday after entering the guilty plea. Childress also ordered Walder to adopt no more than one pet, which must be spayed or neutered. Other terms of her probation include a $5,000 fine, random drug screens, and mental health evaluations and treatment. Defense attorney Buddy Spell and the district attorney's office declined to comment on the guilty plea. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 That is just horrible :( poor animals... Quote
sarahmyjoy Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 ESSlover napisał(a):My brain process: :o :-? :x :evil: :( me too gezzes.... Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 Okay good...I'm not the only one who thinks this is insane. Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 a life ban would be leanent(sp) :evilbat: :evilbat: :evilbat: Quote
courtnek Posted August 20, 2004 Posted August 20, 2004 [quote name='DivineOblivion19']Could you imagine the punishment if it had been 123 counts of child abuse??? :roll: the way the legal justice system works, it may have been the same outcome. They take kids away from "abusive, drug addicted, mentally unbalanced" people all the time. Then they give them back,after the parent has taken a 6 hour course on child rearing....and some psychiatrist who works for the county pronounces them "fit"....parents like this are allowed, ENCOURAGED!!! to try to get their kids back from foster homes, where the kid has settled in and is happy. It's a travesty of justice. It's NO justice at all, for the child... just my rant. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: Quote
imported_Debbie Posted August 20, 2004 Posted August 20, 2004 [quote name='courtnek'][quote name='DivineOblivion19']Could you imagine the punishment if it had been 123 counts of child abuse??? :roll: the way the legal justice system works, it may have been the same outcome. They take kids away from "abusive, drug addicted, mentally unbalanced" people all the time. Then they give them back,after the parent has taken a 6 hour course on child rearing....and some psychiatrist who works for the county pronounces them "fit"....parents like this are allowed, ENCOURAGED!!! to try to get their kids back from foster homes, where the kid has settled in and is happy. It's a travesty of justice. It's NO justice at all, for the child Court, you're so right......children are given back every day to their abusers only to die at their hands :cry: ........and I'm sure they were probably animal abusers as well. :-? We need to have stricter laws and harsher sentences for the abusers of animals, children, and the elderly. Mouse, you're right...at the very least this woman should've been banned for life of ever owning an animal again !!! Not even a goldfish....... :evil: Quote
courtnek Posted August 20, 2004 Posted August 20, 2004 that was actually sarcasm K....but the real courses are not much better. It's usually an hour or so a week, combined with pychiatric "counseling" also an hour a week, for a length of time specified by the judge when the petition is filed to reclaim their children. this is not the same in all places, however. all of which is paid for with our taxes, since usually the county is footing the bill in most cases.... :evil: :evil: Quote
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