Woman Sentenced to Bread and Water
by TChris
Animal cruelty is repellent, but it doesn't excuse human cruelty -- particularly when it's inflicted in the name of the law.
A Texas woman convicted of neglecting her two horses will get only bread and water for the first three days of a 30-day jail sentence, a judge said on Tuesday.
Apparently a fan of westerns, County Court at Law Judge Mike Peters of Houston thought an Old West-style punishment was fitting for a crime against horses. Why not just let the defendant and the horse shoot it out at the corral?
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