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[disnut8]

The sentencing is today.  I have ajc.com up in another window and will be checking back throughout the day.  This article pushed Anna Nicole Smith off to the side.

World demands justice for pup killed in oven

By D.L. BENNETT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/09/07

The plight of a 13-pound puppy that was tortured before being baked to death inside a gas oven has touched a nerve with animal lovers all over the world.

As the two brothers who admitted killing the dog prepare for sentencing Friday, Fulton County judicial officials say they've gotten more than 5,000 cards, letters and e-mails from all over the United States as well as numerous other countries.

 Similarly, two online petitions started after the first trial of Joshua and Justin Moulder now have about 25,000 signatures with more coming every day. The petitions boast names from Brazil, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel and Australia. Linda Zotter of Syracuse, N.Y., while enduring cancer treatment, took time out to knock on doors and gather signatures for her own personal petition.

"I do believe they should be put away for life," Zotter said. "I would not want them living next to me. I would like to make sure they don't just get a slap on the wrist."

The Moulders, 17 and 19, face up to 85 years if sentenced to the maximum on all nine charges to which they have pleaded guilty.

Prosecutors offered a plea deal that would have meant a minimum of 10 years of jail time for each of the two young men. Defense lawyers balked. Instead, the Moulders pleaded guilty last month with no plea agreement hoping that Fulton Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore would not be so harsh.  (This I did not know)

The case has had a life of its own on the Internet, with links from numerous animal advocacy sites to news and public interest sites such as the Drudge Report.

Mark Lisella of Charleston, S.C., found the story on the Drudge Report. He said he was moved to write District Attorney Paul Howard because the dog's treatment was so horrible.

People, he said, have become somewhat desensitized to sensational, grisly murders. But this victim, a tiny puppy, was so purely sympathetic.

"I just thought it was really disgusting," Lisella said.

[elmono311]

Good. Lock them up and throw away the key. It'll teach these other punk ass kids not to do this.

[disnut8]

They each got 10 years in prison and 10 years probation.  The sentence was 10 years for burgelry and 5 years for animal abuse but the sentences will run concurrently.

Not to make light of the situation (especially after reading Vengeance's article) but those two boys better have their assholes nice and loose so it won't hurt that much.

[elmono311]

They deserve more than that

[disnut8]

They do deserve more than that.  But the laws in this silly country barely exist for cruelty to animals.  Take notice they got more for the burgelry than they did for the abuse they did to the dog.