Animals have rights just like human beings, therefore they should be respected.
No animal deserves to be treated with cruelty. These are very basic ideas, right? Unfortunately, there are many people who abuse animals without even realizing they’re doing wrong. Some of them even escape the long arm of the law.
But, now judge Michael Cicconetti of Painesville, Ohio, is not leaving people who are doing it. The now-retired judge used to give out unusual punishments to animal abusers as a way to give them a taste of their own medicine.
The judge never gave any illegal or dangerous punishments. But he teaches unforgettable lessons to people who are cruel to animals.
In one case, a woman abandoned 35 kittens (yes, you read that right—35) in the woods. So the judge wanted to make her realized what she did was wrong.
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He sentenced her to spend a night in the woods.point 148 | Here’s what he said to her that time: “How would you like to be dumped off at a metro park late at night, spend the night listening to the coyotes, listening to the raccoons around you in the dark night, and sit out there in the cold not knowing where you’re going to get your next meal, not knowing when you are going to be rescued?”point 425 | 1
Meanwhile, the judge sentenced another woman whose dog was living in filth to spend a day at the local dump. “I want you to go down to the county dump, to the landfill, and I want them to find the stinkiest, smelliest, God-awful odor place they can find in that dump and I want you to sit there for eight hours tomorrow, to think about what you did to that dog while you smell the odor. If you puke, you puke.” Now those are some seriously Biblical punishments.
Here are some more of the judge’s unusual sentences:
A man who committed child abuse was sent to a school in a dog outfit and had to talk about child safety.
During heavy blizzards, he ordered defendants to clear snow at a retirement home.
A man caught with a loaded gun was sent to a morgue to see corpses.
A young man who stole a bicycle spent 10 days riding a bicycle to support a local charity.
A man who shot a dog was sentenced to donating 40 lbs of dog food on every holiday to the Lake County Animal Shelter.
A nanny accused of hitting a boy with a belt was compelled to read articles on the consequences of child abuse. She then discussed them in the courtroom in front of the judge, the victim’s mother, and spectators.
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