Paragallo guilty on 33 cruelty counts; Sentencing 5/18

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by richard

$33,000 is pocket change for this man. So his lawyer will try to reduce his time .

That's 1/3 of Unbridled's Song's published stud fee.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

That's 1/3 of Unbridled's Song's published stud fee.

One expensive cripple.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

One fast cripple.

FTFY!

[chucklestheclown]

Which count did he get out of?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by chucklestheclown

Which count did he get out of?

i don't know-but with 177 malnourished horses, why were their only 34 counts?

and this, which explains why lawyers are held in such high esteem:

Michael Howard, Paragallo's lawyer, called the verdict disappointing and surprising and said he would appeal the convictions.

"This requires a horse owner to take on a very high level of burden,'' he said.


mmmm, ok. who the hell else should be responsible????

[pointman]

Originally Posted by chucklestheclown

Which count did he get out of?

The one count he was found not guilty of was due to the fact that they witness the prosecution needed on that count was unavailable to testify and without that witness there was insufficient proof of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

[dellinger63]

and this guy faces a $100K fine and one year in jail and the business another $200K fine for serving a package of endangered whale meat?

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUST...rpc=22&sp=true

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

and this guy faces a $100K fine and one year in jail and the business another $200K fine for serving a package of endangered whale meat?

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUST...rpc=22&sp=true

Federal law vs. state law. I'm surprised the jail time is so light.