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| Today, one boy (Ricky Tate) received sentencing: (1) Spend a minimum of 68 days in juvenile boot camp and up to 90 days if he doesn't perform well; (2) repay 1/2 of the vet bills incurred for treatment of Dunkin; (3) perform 75 hours of community service; (4) receive randon drug testing after his term is up in juveniile book camp The 2nd juvenile will receive sentencing tomorrow. The reason being his attorney is out of town and won't be back until tomorrow. Sentencing for this juvenile is scheduled at 8:00 a.m., tomorrow, August 26. The Hall County Humane Society Representative said that though the above sentencing was not what they wanted, it was more than they expected. Another "slap on the wrist" by our illustrious justice system. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 8.27.99] Second kitten killer sentenced 13-year-old will get 41 days in boot camp Humane Society workers wore badges like this one to court. TAKE THE POLL Do you think 41 days in boot camp is an appropriate sentence for someone who burns a kitten to death? Yes 15% 849 No 85% 4706 Total Votes 5555 Should cruelty to animals be a felony? Yes 87% 5218 No 13% 777 Total Votes 5995 Online forum, additional background on AccessAtlanta By Rick Badie Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer A 13-year-old Hall County boy who set a 3-month-old kitten on fire will spend time in boot camp, though not as long as his co-defendant, a judge ruled Thursday. The younger of two teenagers who doused Dunkin with gasoline July 5 and set the cat ablaze with a cigarette lighter was sentenced Thursday to 41 days in a boot camp. The boy hugged his mother before leaving the courtroom. The previous day, a 15-year-old was sentenced to 68 days in boot camp in the same case. Judge Cliff Jolliff, who presided over both proceedings, didn't say why the sentences differed, but noted the younger teen's house arrest was so strict he couldn't even attend church. The 13-year-old was taken afterward to a juvenile facility, but will return to his Flowery Branch home Sunday so he won't miss the first day of school. The Journal-Constitution is withholding his name because of his age. The boy will be sent to a boot camp as soon as space becomes available, Jolliff ruled. He will continue his schooling while living at the boot camp. Richard Fowlkes / AJC Dunkin's owner, Lisa Fetterolf, during Wednesday's hearing. "I see in you the potential of a young man to really do a lot of good work," said Jolliff. That led Curtis Haynie, a friend of Dunkin's owners, to shake his head and walk out of a room where people who could not get into the crowded Gainesville courtroom could watch the proceedings through an open door. "When he read the statement saying he was sorry, he was smiling," said Haynie. "That's not somebody showing remorse." In addition to boot camp, the 13-year-old received the same sentence as the older boy. Each boy must perform 75 hours of community service, pay half the $788 restitution costs, seek counseling and avoid the Fetterolf family, which owned Dunkin. Unlike the 15-year-old, the younger boy never explained his role in torturing the cat, said Lisa Fetterolf. "He should have gotten the same punishment the other boy did," she said. "Still, this was a victory for us." |
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