Post by: billythekidrock on October 17, 2007, 05:42:50 PM
http://www.huntthewest.com/updates/updates-poacher.htm (http://www.huntthewest.com/updates/updates-poacher.htm)
Watch, now PETA will try to make this mandatory across the country.
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 17, 2007, 06:08:12 PM
Post by: sisu on October 17, 2007, 07:44:20 PM
Thats BS! >:(I agree.
Post by: Wea300mag on October 17, 2007, 07:50:10 PM
Post by: huntingnut on October 17, 2007, 08:22:36 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on October 18, 2007, 03:16:13 PM
Judges are allowed to impose reasonable conditions as part of a judgment and sentence. I would doubt this is considered reasonable. Some of us attorneys in WA are steaming because a local judge is making individuals work at the courthouse as a greeter for the front door of the courthouse as part of their sentence. Community service is one thing, but we believe that is going too far.
Post by: Ray on October 18, 2007, 03:32:11 PM
Bear-baiting sentence includes donation to anti-hunting group
ASSOCIATED PRESS
10:18 a.m. October 17, 2007
ASPEN, Colo. – The punishment for a Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to baiting and illegally killing a bear includes making a $500 donation to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which opposes hunting.
Craig Miller, 43, of Little Canada, Minn., pleaded guilty on Monday to three misdemeanor charges after killing the black bear on Sept. 1. His sentence included probation, loss of hunting privileges and more than $5,000 in fines.
The PETA donation “wasn't what I was expecting,” said Miller's defense attorney, John Van Ness. “I don't know where that came from, the PETA business. I know they are opposed to fur coats.”
Miller said he would make the contribution as ordered but declined to say whether he thought PETA would use the money well.
Randy Hampton, a spokesman for the state Division of Wildlife, suggested the money could have been better used locally for buying bear-proof garbage containers to discourage the animals from foraging in town, or to support a private wildlife rehabilitation center in Colorado.
He said the agency wasn't consulted beforehand.
PETA spokeswoman Daphna Nachminovitch said this is not the first time someone has been ordered to give money to the group in a criminal case, but it's not common.
“It's a gesture on the part of the judge to say this bear mattered and that a donation should be made in his memory,” she said. “Five-hundred dollars isn't going to make up for the suffering this bear endured.”
The sentence was handed down by retired District Judge Chuck Buss, who was filling in for the vacationing Judge James Boyd.
On its Web site, PETA calls sport hunting “cruel and unnecessary.”
Post by: cipryan on October 18, 2007, 05:55:52 PM
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Post by: addicted on October 24, 2007, 08:30:53 AM
If I just wanted to get on with my life and not risk pissing the judge off further, I would mail PETA 1 penny a month until I payed the fine off or ran out of time, whichever came first. But, knowing me I would appeal the dork judges decision just on principal.
my thoughts exactly. it would only take about 140 years. :ass: stupid poacher paying stupid org.
Post by: bearhunter59 on October 24, 2007, 12:05:51 PM
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Post by: Dman on January 04, 2008, 02:27:42 PM
Unethical to say the least, PETA has been convicted of animal abuse crimes themselves for illegal euphanization, they are DEFINITELY not a viable candidate for a conservation fund.
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 04, 2008, 02:29:38 PM
Post by: robb92 on January 04, 2008, 06:33:45 PM
Post by: LongTatLaw on January 04, 2008, 06:57:32 PM
Get me an address or even a name and a court house and Ill get the address. I can write a direct letter...
no worries for me. I got the JD but not a member of any bar...So I could hit him up. Just seems wrong and even worse...its a very very very bad legal precedent to set and let live!
dave
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 04, 2008, 07:04:58 PM
Shawn
Post by: runamuk on January 10, 2008, 08:21:57 PM
1) animal crimes ...unlawful euthanization and disposal that lead to a "littering" conviction and
2) they are affiliated with ALF and ELF two organizations considered domestic terrorists
I hate poachers and thieves of all sorts and I hate PETA......that judge should have had the fine paid to the state wildlife dept.
of course The Vic case required him to pay anti's as well.........I am beginning to wonder about this country :dunno: :bash: