Update on the Savannah, GA burglary case (warning: this is disturbing) :
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.a...29208&nav=0qq6
Please everyone write to the District Attorney urging him to fight for the toughest sentence possible. Here's the letter I sent.
November 17, 2005
The Honorable Spencer Lawton Jr.
Office of the District Attorney, Eastern Judicial Circuit
133 Montgomery St.
Savannah, GA 31401
Honorable Spencer Lawton Jr.:
I am writing to ask you to fight for the toughest possible jail sentence for Alexander Davis. It is clearly aggravated cruelty to put someone's family pet in the oven and burn her to death. Davis had no cause to harm the dog other than sheer cruelty.
Because of Davis' disregard for the lives of others, the poor dog suffered a terrible death and the family suffered the loss of a loved one. As a consequence, Davis should be sentenced 5 years in prison for animal cruelty in addition to his sentence for the burglaries.
Most of the time, people who commit violent crimes against companion animals get little more than a slap on the wrist. After all, their victim is "just an animal". That sends a message to all animal abusers that they have the right to beat, torture, mutilate, and kill other people's family pets. Let's send a different message this time- If you intentionally commit an act of violence against a companion animal, you will do serious jail time.
Respectfully,
Barbara Woodcox, President
Coalition for Animal Justice
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.a...29208&nav=0qq6
Please everyone write to the District Attorney urging him to fight for the toughest sentence possible. Here's the letter I sent.
November 17, 2005
The Honorable Spencer Lawton Jr.
Office of the District Attorney, Eastern Judicial Circuit
133 Montgomery St.
Savannah, GA 31401
Honorable Spencer Lawton Jr.:
I am writing to ask you to fight for the toughest possible jail sentence for Alexander Davis. It is clearly aggravated cruelty to put someone's family pet in the oven and burn her to death. Davis had no cause to harm the dog other than sheer cruelty.
Because of Davis' disregard for the lives of others, the poor dog suffered a terrible death and the family suffered the loss of a loved one. As a consequence, Davis should be sentenced 5 years in prison for animal cruelty in addition to his sentence for the burglaries.
Most of the time, people who commit violent crimes against companion animals get little more than a slap on the wrist. After all, their victim is "just an animal". That sends a message to all animal abusers that they have the right to beat, torture, mutilate, and kill other people's family pets. Let's send a different message this time- If you intentionally commit an act of violence against a companion animal, you will do serious jail time.
Respectfully,
Barbara Woodcox, President
Coalition for Animal Justice