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A local sentencing story for the dogs

By Douglas A. Berman

During various sports radio discussions, I heard various folks assert that the different prison terms given to Michael Vick and Donte Stallworth showed that society cared more about criminals who kill dogs rather than those who killed humans.  Though this claim is a bit overstated given the different mens rea culpability for Vick and Stallworth and other factors, I was interested to see today another sentencing story about dog killer.  Here are some details from this local piece, which is headlined "Firefighter killed dogs before going on vacation": Columbus firefighter David P. Santuomo will spend 90 days in jail and pay $4,500 in restitution for shooting his two dogs in the basement of his home and wrapping their bodies in a plastic sheet...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).