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Quick Hits, Part I
A Nebraska man was found guilty of molesting a child, but the court decided not to sentence him to prison, instead giving him 10 years probation. Why? Because the judge thought the 5-foot-1-inch man was too small to survive the rigors of prison. Unsurprisingly, this decision has been met with controversy. But the secretary of the National Organization of Short Statured Adults is happy with this ruling, because the child molester “would probably end up being somebody’s woman [in prison].” So shorter people should get special treatment when they commit the most heinous of crimes? Seriously?
Meanwhile, if you live in Arizona, the good times are over. Apparently the only law on the books criminalizing bestiality was one that made it a misdemeanor unless there was a minor present. But now the governor has finally signed a new bill into law fixing this oversight, making such acts a felony. The impetus for this bill was apparently the March arrest of a fire chief accused of molesting his neighbor’s sheep. No word on if the man was short enough to avoid jail time.
And speaking of animals, Rhode Island is on the path to becoming the first state that would require all cats older than 6 months to be spayed or neutered, unless their owners get a special permit or breeder’s license. While the logic behind this bill makes total sense (that is, to hopefully curb the overcrowding in animal shelters and to avoid the unnecessary killing of strays), animal rights advocates are of course all worked up about it because they’re afraid owners will just throw their cats to the street rather than try to comply with the law. But apparently they’re ok with cat owners keeping their cats fertile and then throwing the eventual litter into the street.
