April 14, 1998
Decatur, AL had an incident about a month ago where a jail
inmate working at the animal shelter let a caged dog chew the leg off a cat
held with a capture noose. He was tried and found guilty on 4/9 and
sentenced to the maximum allowed by law, 180 days (it's currently a Class B
misdemeanor: 6mos/$500).
There is legislation pending in the Alabama Legislature which would make
this a Class C Felony (10yrs/$5000). The regular legislative session only
has about another two weeks to go.
More info is available on my web site at:
http://www.bluesquare.com/gtarlton/fennell.html
Gary Tarlton
gtarlton@bluesquare.com